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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  19A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2001

...CHANTAL CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 
AND BELIZE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF COASTAL
BELIZE...AND FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM
THE MEXICO/BELIZE BORDER NORTHWARD TO CANCUN.  A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BELIZE CITY NORTHWARD TO CANCUN.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS 
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 
CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.4 WEST 
OR ABOUT 200 MILES...320 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHETUMAL MEXICO. 

CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH
...24 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF CHANTAL SHOULD 
REACH THE COAST IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED UNTIL 
LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF CHANTAL.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...17.5 N... 85.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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
10 AM CDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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