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WTNT33 KNHC 202033
TCPAT3
 
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL032012
500 PM AST WED JUN 20 2012
 
...CHRIS HEADING TOWARD COOLER WATERS...HAS PROBABLY REACHED ITS
PEAK INTENSITY...

 
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...38.5N 49.0W
ABOUT 605 MI...970 KM SSE OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 85 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB...29.44 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 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.0 WEST. CHRIS IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/H.  A TURN TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  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 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN