Tropical Storm CHANTAL

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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL032013
500 AM AST WED JUL 10 2013
 
...CHANTAL WEAKENING...
...MAY BE DEGENERATING INTO A TROPICAL WAVE...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.5N 69.5W
ABOUT 260 MI...420 KM WSW OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
ABOUT 140 MI...225 KM S OF SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 29 MPH...46 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB...29.85 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR PUERTO RICO...AND THE TROPICAL STORM
WATCH FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES...AND CULEBRA ARE
DISCONTINUED.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* ENTIRE COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
* ENTIRE COAST OF HAITI
* TURKS AND CAICOS
* SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CENTRAL BAHAMAS
 
INTERESTS IN EASTERN CUBA AND THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CHANTAL.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST. CHANTAL IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/H...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...
FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY NIGHT. 
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE NEAR OR OVER HISPANIOLA
LATER TODAY...NEAR OR OVER EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY THURSDAY...AND
NEAR CENTRAL CUBA BY LATE THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.  SATELLITE IMAGES...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...AND AIR
FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER DATA INDICATE THAT CHANTAL HAS BECOME
DISORGANIZED...AND THE SYSTEM COULD DEGENERATE INTO A TROPICAL WAVE
LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD REACH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
LATER THIS MORNING...AND HAITI LATER TODAY.  TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS TONIGHT...AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS BY EARLY THURSDAY.
 
STORM SURGE...A STORM SURGE...ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS WAVES...WILL
RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AREA.
 
RAINFALL...CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI. ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER HISPANIOLA.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM AST.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/BLAKE
 
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