471  
WTNT43 KNHC 060848  
TCDAT3  
 
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL DISCUSSION NUMBER 7  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032025  
500 AM EDT SUN JUL 06 2025  
 
BEFORE THE AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE DEPARTED CHANTAL THIS  
MORNING, THEIR FINAL LEG OBSERVED 700 MB FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS OF 59 KT  
AND A DROPSONDE ESTIMATED PRESSURE DOWN TO 1002 MB. NEAR THE SAME  
LOCATION AS THOSE PEAK FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS, NWS DOPPLER RADAR  
VELOCITIES FROM WILMINGTON SHOWED PERSISTENT 65-70 KT INBOUND VALUES  
AT 3-5 THOUSAND FEET. THESE DATA POINTS WERE THE BASIS FOR  
INCREASING CHANTAL'S WINDS TO 50 KT AT THE 06 UTC INTERMEDIATE  
ADVISORY. SINCE THAT TIME, THE STRUCTURE OF THE TROPICAL STORM ON  
RADAR HAS DEGRADED AND THE EXACT CENTER HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO PIN  
DOWN, BUT APPEARS TO HAVE MADE LANDFALL NEAR LITCHFIELD BEACH, SOUTH  
CAROLINA AT APPROXIMATELY 08 UTC. THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN  
LOWERED TO 45 KT FOR THIS ADVISORY GIVEN THE DEGRADATION IN  
APPEARANCE NOW JUST AFTER LANDFALL AND THE DECREASING DOPPLER RADIAL  
VELOCITIES.  
 
CHANTAL IS ESTIMATED TO NOW BE MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD, AT 345/7  
KT. A TURN NORTHWARD AND THEN NORTHEASTWARD IS ANTICIPATED BY THE  
END OF TODAY AS THE CYCLONE ROUNDS THE WESTWARD SIDE OF A MID-LEVEL  
RIDGE LOCATED OFF THE U.S. EAST COAST. THE LATEST NHC TRACK FORECAST  
IS SHIFTED JUST A BIT EASTWARD, MOSTLY BASED ON THE INITIAL  
POSITION, BUT FALLS IN LINE CLOSELY TO THE PRIOR FORECAST TRACK IN  
24-36 H. WEAKENING HAS ALREADY STARTED AS CHANTAL MOVES INLAND.  
WEAKENING SHOULD CONTINUE AS THE FULL CIRCULATION MOVES INLAND, WITH  
CHANTAL LIKELY WEAKENING BACK TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.  
THE MAJORITY OF THE GLOBAL AND HURRICANE-REGIONAL MODELS THEN SHOW  
THE CIRCULATION OPENING UP INTO A TROUGH AFTER 36 H, THOUGH ITS  
LIKELY CHANTAL'S REMNANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE ONWARD INTO THE  
MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AFTER THIS TIME PERIOD.  
 
CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ASYMMETRIC WITH ITS STRONGEST WINDS  
AND RAINFALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE LANDFALL LOCATION.  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
1. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE WARNING  
AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING.  
 
2. HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA  
WILL CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS FROM TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL  
TODAY AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED  
TO SCATTERED FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR WITHIN MORE URBANIZED AREAS.  
 
3. CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP  
CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO THE  
MID-ATLANTIC STATES DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. BEACH GOERS  
SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.  
 
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS  
 
INIT 06/0900Z 33.6N 79.1W 45 KT 50 MPH  
12H 06/1800Z 34.9N 79.3W 30 KT 35 MPH  
24H 07/0600Z 36.3N 78.6W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND  
36H 07/1800Z 37.7N 76.7W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND  
48H 08/0600Z...DISSIPATED  
 
 
FORECASTER PAPIN  
 
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