ALERT #3 ON TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 8AM E.D.T., TUESDAY 09TH JULY, 2013. …CHANTAL OBSERVED BY BARBADOS AND MARTINIQUE RADARS … A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. THESE ISLANDS INCLUDE, INAGUA, MAYAGUANA, ACKLINS, RAGGED ISLAND AND CROOKED ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 48 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THESE ISLANDS INCLUDE EXUMA AND ITS CAYS, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY, SAN SALVADOR AND CAT ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM ALERT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 60 HOURS. AT 08:00 AM E.D.T, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEARLATITUDE 13.6°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 59.7° WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST (NNW) OF BARBADOS, 989 MILES SOUTHEAST (SE) OF GRAND TURK, TURKS AND CAICOS, 1055 MILES ESE OF MATTHEW TOWN, INAGUA AND 1129 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST (ESE) OF SPRING POINT, ACKLINS, CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST (WNW) AT 26 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK …THE CENTER OF CHANTAL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LESSER ANTILLES LATER THIS MORNING…MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE NEAR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF CHANTAL TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD START TO MAKE PREPARATIONS AS CHANTAL APPROACHES. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CHANTAL. THE NEXT ALERT WILL BE ISSUED AT 11AM E.D.T.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:49:07 +0000
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