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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI AUG 17 2001
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.2 WEST OR ABOUT
265 MILES...425 KM...SOUTH OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN 
REPUBLIC
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND A 
WEST OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.  ON THIS 
TRACK...CHANTAL WILL BE PASSING NEAR JAMAICA AND THEN THE CAYMAN 
ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
 
A U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THE STORM 
INDICATES THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  50 
MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST 
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND CHANTAL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL INTERESTS IN NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA  
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM. 

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...14.6 N... 69.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM 
AST...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
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