TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM MONDAY 08TH JULY 2013.
CHANTAL MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE LESSER ANTILLES.
AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.4°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 49.5° WEST OR ABOUT 705 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST (ESE) OF BARBADOS.
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 26 MPH AND A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT THE SAME SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF CHANTAL SHOULD APPROACH THE LESSER ANTILLES TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48HRS.
DUE TO THE RAPID FORWARD SPEED OF CHANTAL RESIDENTS IN THE BAHAMAS AND TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO ALL FURTHER NEWS ITEMS ON CHANTAL, AS ITS PROJECTED TRACK BRINGS IT INTO THE SE BAHAMAS BY THURSDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
