Tropical Storm Chantal has been downgraded to a tropical wave or remnants. The wave is still racing to the W at 23 mph. Unfavorable conditions, interaction with land and large amounts of dry air and shear have broken the system up. The NHC will no longer put a track out for the remaining Low, however it will either go into Florida or continue west into the Gulf. The system could easily redevelop if it makes it to the Gulf. Like I said last night and this morning, this basically poses no risk to the East Coast and will not cause coastal effects for this area. It certainly may bring some tropical moisture into the area sometime next week!
Just to clarify, in case I was not understood...the only reason I posted so early on this storm was because social media and internet weather and news outlets were over-dramatizing this storm and hyping this the day it became named close to 10 days before it could have affected the area. I wanted to get truthful and factual information out on this storm so that no one was left wondering.
SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.5N 73.7W
ABOUT 230 MI...370 KM ESE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 260 MI...415 KM S OF THE EASTERN TIP OF CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB...29.88 INCHES
