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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI AUG 17 2001
  
...CHANTAL REGAINS TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR JAMAICA.
 
DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE PLANE AND SATELLITE INDICATE THAT CHANTAL HAS 
REGAINED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AND AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE 
CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  67.4 WEST 
OR ABOUT 325 MILES...520 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN 
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH ..37 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
ON THIS TRACK...CHANTAL WILL BE PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF...OR NEAR
JAMAICA LATE SATURDAY OR EARLY SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
CHANTAL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 1006 
MB...29.71 INCHES.

CHANTAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A DANGEROUS HURRICANE IN THE 
NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND ALL INTERESTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD 
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.  LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL FORECAST 
OFFICE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU BEGIN WEEKEND PLANS. 

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...14.3 N...  67.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.

FORECASTER AVILA

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