Skip Navigation Links
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration logo National Weather Service logo United States Department of Commerce

Tropical Storm CHRIS


ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
 
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL032012
500 AM AST THU JUN 21 2012
 
...CHRIS MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH
ATLANTIC...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...39.9N 44.8W
ABOUT 630 MI...1010 KM SE OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 44.8 WEST. CHRIS IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND THEN THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TODAY...
FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST 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 BY EARLY FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
-------------
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
 
$$
FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN
 
NNNN