000 WTNT33 KNHC 210250 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHRIS ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032012 1100 PM AST WED JUN 20 2012 ...CHRIS BEGINS TO TURN EAST-NORTHEASTWARD... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...38.9N 46.4W ABOUT 635 MI...1025 KM SE OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 75 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB...29.35 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 46.4 WEST. CHRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A NORTHEASTWARD HEADING AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION ON FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. CHRIS IS FORECAST TO BECOME POST-TROPICAL THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BERG