000 WTNT33 KNHC 010231 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032007 1100 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2007 ...CHANTAL RAPIDLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL... AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 43.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.5 WEST OR ABOUT 260 MILES...420 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA AND ABOUT 340 MILES...545 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 32 MPH...52 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A STRONG EXTRATROPICAL STORM. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...43.6 N...58.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 32 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON CHANTAL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. $$ FORECASTER BROWN