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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001

...CHANTAL ENTERING THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN 
STRENGTH...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR
JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 76.2 WEST OR ABOUT
165 MILES...265 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.

CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR.  A 
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.  CHANTAL SHOULD BE 
PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF...OR NEAR JAMAICA TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF CHANTAL. 
  
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...15.6 N...  76.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
EDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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