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TROPICAL STORM CHRIS ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL032012
1100 AM AST WED JUN 20 2012
 
...CHRIS A LITTLE STRONGER...MOVING OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE
NORTH ATLANTIC...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...38.1N 51.3W
ABOUT 600 MI...970 KM S OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.3 WEST. CHRIS IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/H.  A TURN TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT INCREASE IN STRENGTH
IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.  CHRIS IS FORECAST TO BECOME A POST-
TROPICAL CYCLONE ON THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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