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Chantal

Every dispatch filed on Chantal, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.

4Dispatches
3Days · JUL 3–JUL 5
I-26Tropics
Where the dispatches were filed4 of 4 placed
Map of North America and the Atlantic with a shield at each dispatch's place Natural Earth · places from the headlines
60% chance of tropical system (Chantal) along Southeast coast into weekend FIGURE 1 JUL 3 · I-26 TROPICS 60% chance of tropical system (Chantal) along Southeast coast into weekend Tropical Storm Chantal to form on Saturday and head into South Carolina FIGURE 1 JUL 4 · I-26 TROPICS Tropical Storm Chantal to form on Saturday and head into South Carolina
The route · every exit
  1. Exit 1 · JUL 3 60% chance of tropical system (Chantal) along Southeast coast into weekend Southeast
  2. Exit 2 · JUL 3 · Subscribers 60% chance of tropical system (Chantal) along Southeast coast into weekend Southeast
  3. Exit 3 · JUL 4 Tropical Storm Chantal to form on Saturday and head into South Carolina South Carolina
  4. Exit 4 · JUL 5 · Subscribers Disorganized Tropical Storm Chantal nears landfall in South Carolina South Carolina
END Final dispatch JUL 5.

Why I-26?

Tropical stories ride Interstate 26, after the 26 °C sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development.

26 °C

The sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development; the shield number of this road.

Invest

An area the Hurricane Center is investigating, numbered 90–99 with a basin letter, before it has a name.

ACE

Accumulated Cyclone Energy: a season's wind, squared and summed every six hours. Climatology sets the scale.