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Subject Breaking: CHRIS Becomes The First HURRICANE Of The Atlantic Season

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[b]Image was captured by NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on June 21 [/b]
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/661625main_20120621_Chris-GOES_full.jpg

[b]NASA Sees Chris Become First Hurricane of Atlantic Season[/b]

NASA satellites monitoring the life of Chris in the Atlantic saw the tropical storm become the first hurricane of the Atlantic Ocean season on June 21, 2012.

Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite have revealed that the clouds around Hurricane Chris' eye have reached a cold peak early on June 21 when it was first designated a hurricane, and have since warmed. The thunderstorms that surround Chris' eye are now between -60 and -70 Celsius. Cloud top temperatures that cold indicate strong, high, thunderstorms with the potential for heavy rainfall...

[u]More:[/u] 
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2012/h2012_Chris.html

[b][color=red]Hurricane Tracker[/color][/b]
http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker
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Original Message Doesn't look very threatening at this point,

"DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.5 WEST. CHRIS IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/H...AND A TURN TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH
WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS. CHRIS IS FORECAST TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE ON
THURSDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES."
[link to www.nhc.noaa.gov]

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