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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST THU AUG 16 2001

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BECOMES CHANTAL...THIRD TROPICAL STORM OF THE 
SEASON...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS AND ST. VINCENT 
...AND ST. LUCIA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GRENADINES AND DOMINICA.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR MARTINIQUE LATER
THIS MORNING.

EARLY VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION HAS
STRENGTHENED AND HAS BECOME TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL.  AT 8 AM AST...
1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 12.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.0 WEST OR ABOUT 370 MILES...595
KM...EAST OF BARBADOS IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 28 MPH...44 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING...AND 
CHANTAL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. AN AIR 
FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...12.9 N... 54.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 28 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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