000 WTNT33 KNHC 220835 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHRIS ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032012 500 AM AST FRI JUN 22 2012 ...CHRIS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...44.8N 44.5W ABOUT 435 MI...700 KM ESE OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB...29.21 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 44.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 44.5 WEST. CHRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/H. THE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO SLOW DOWN AND TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN SOUTH DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND CHRIS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI