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| #519736 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:35 PM 20.Jun.2012) 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 ---------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ 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 ---------------------- NONE NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BROWN |
