Breaking: CHRIS Becomes The First HURRICANE Of The Atlantic Season

Here's the latest;

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.3 WEST. CHRIS IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT INCREASE IN STRENGTH
IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.


Basically, it does a donut Thursday thru Saturday.

It was a TS yesterday also, so not so breaking.

Also, and hopefully the following link links correctly, that it's not going to hit land ... that it is going to loop upon itself (note the dates/times in the cone).


edited - the original link didn't work right. So here is the direct link. Then click on Warning Cone/static images box, 2nd row 2nd from left.

[link to www.nhc.noaa.gov]

Advisory #3 was the first post, with no other post about CHRIS on the board, I searched.
Call it what you like.

HURRICANE CHRIS ADVISORY NUMBER 8
[link to www.nhc.noaa.gov]

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHRIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 43.2 WEST. CHRIS IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST AND WEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CHRIS IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS
AND CHRIS IS EXPECT TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE ON FRIDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

More here [link to www.nhc.noaa.gov]

Last Edited by TBar1984 on 06/21/2012 12:58 PM

Image was captured by NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on June 21
[link to www.nasa.gov]



NASA Sees Chris Become First Hurricane of Atlantic Season

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...

More:
[link to www.nasa.gov]



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