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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST FRI AUG 17 2001
  
A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.

AT 8 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS ISSUED A 
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 
NORTH...LONGITUDE  68.5 WEST OR ABOUT 275 MILES...445 KM... 
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING JUST NORTH OF DUE WESTWARD NEAR 23 MPH ..37 
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON 
SATURDAY.  ON THIS TRACK...CHANTAL WILL BE PASSING NEAR 
JAMAICA AND THEN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS DURING THE 36 HOURS.

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.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL INTERESTS IN NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA  
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM. 

REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...14.6 N...  68.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM AST.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE

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