WOCN31 CWHX 011500
POST-TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED 
BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12.30 PM 
NDT WEDNESDAY 01 AUGUST 2007.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3.30 PM NDT

 AT 12.30 PM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 47.2 N AND LONGITUDE 52.9 W... ABOUT 25 NAUTICAL MILES OR
45 KM SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ST JOHNS.

 CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 36 KNOTS... 67 KM/H.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 45 KNOTS... 83 KM/H..
MOSTLY OFFSHORE..AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 990 MB.

DATE     TIME     LAT    LON   MSLP  MAX WIND
          NDT                    MB  KTS  KMH
AUG 01 12.30 PM  47.2N  52.9W   990   45   83 POST-TROPICAL
AUG 01  3.30 PM  48.5N  51.1W   989   45   83 POST-TROPICAL
AUG 01  9.30 PM  51.3N  46.6W   985   45   83 POST-TROPICAL
AUG 02  3.30 AM  53.4N  42.6W   982   50   93 POST-TROPICAL
AUG 02  9.30 AM  55.3N  38.6W   974   55  102 POST-TROPICAL

POST-TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL HAS DUMPED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER
THE AVALON PENINSULA THIS MORNING. WHITBOURNE REPORTED 150 MM
(6 INCHES) OF RAIN. ST JOHNS HAS RECEIVED ABOUT 90 MM. FLOODING HAS 
BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AVALON WITH ROAD WASHOUTS AND LOW-LYING 
ROADWAYS INUNDATED WITH WATER. THE LAST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXITING 
THE NORTH PART OF THE AVALON AT BULLETIN ISSUE TIME.

THE CENTRE OF THE STORM APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN 
PORTION OF THE AVALON PENINSULA. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT MORE 
INFORMATION LATER TO PIN-DOWN THE "LANDFALL" LOCATION. WEATHER IS
NOW IMPROVING DRAMATICALLY OVER THE REGION. OCCASIONALLY GUSTY 
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AVALON THIS AFTERNOON 
WITH SOME SUNNY PERIODS.

END FOGARTY/ROUSSEL