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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST THU AUG 16 2001
 
...TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL IS RACING WESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS...DOMINICA...ST. 
LUCIA...ST.VINCENT... AND THE GRENADINES

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRENADA...TOBAGO AND 
ITS DEPENDENCIES AND FOR MARTINIQUE.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 
CHANTAL WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.4 WEST 
OR ABOUT 210 MILES...335 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR...AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS 
TRACK CHANTAL SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. 
CHANTAL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN A DAY OR TWO. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
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 2 PM AST POSITION...13.0 N...  56.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 26 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 5 PM AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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