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TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI AUG 17 2001
 
...CHANTAL REFORMS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... 
  
AN AIR FORCE PLANE FOUND A SMALL CLOSED CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE REMNANTS OF CHANTAL AND ADVISORIES ARE BEING RESUMED.
   
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 65.2 WEST OR ABOUT 365 MILES...590 KM...  SOUTH OF SAN
JUAN PUERTO RICO.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 26 MPH ...43 
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CHANTAL COULD REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR 
SATURDAY.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 1010 
MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...13.2 N...  65.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 

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