Chris Becomes the First Hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Chris is the first hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Chris was last located 625 southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland and has a present movement northeast at 20 MPH. Chris has maximum sustained winds near 75 MPH and is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Hurricane Chris is expected to take a northern turn later today followed by a turn toward the northwest and west with a decrease in forward speed on Friday. Weakening over the next 48 hours is expected and Chris is expected to become a Post-Tropical Cyclone on Friday. Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles and Tropical force winds extend outward up to 105 miles. The last estimated minimum central pressure was 987 millibars or 29.15 inches. Hurricane Chris is not a threat to land is not expected to be during the duration of the storm.

The VoIP Hurricane / Skywarn Net management will continue to monitor the progress of Hurricane Chris and will update as needed. No activation of the net is expected at this time. Updates and Public Advisories on Hurricane Chris can be found on our website at www.voipwx.net or on the National Hurricane Center’s website at www.nhc.noaa.gov. Thanks for your continued support of the VoIP Hurricane / Skywarn Net.

Dustin Cox, N0DRC

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Tropical Storm Chris Forms in the Atlantic

Good evening everyone,

The National Hurricane Center is issuing public advisories on TS Chris in the Atlantic Ocean. At this time there is no threat to land. TS Chris was last located about 560 miles south southwest of Cape Race Newfoundland. Chris currently has sustained winds near 45 MPH and a present movement East or 90 degrees at 8 MPH. TS Chris has a minimum central pressure of 1005 MB or 29.68 inches. The satellite imagery indicated that the non-tropical low pressure area located southeast of the canadian Maritimes had acquired tropical characteristics. Tropical storm force winds are extending out up to 70 miles from the center. At this time there also no tropical storm watches or warnings in place and the NHC is not expecting any in the next 24 hours.

The VoIP Hurricane/Skywarn Net Management team will continue to monitor the situation and will update as needed on Tropical Storm Chris. Advisories can be seen on our website at http://www.voipwx.net and will be updated each time a new advisory is issued. You can also follow direct updates via Twitter @NHC_Atlantic and hash tag #Chris. Thanks for your continued support of the VoIP Hurricane/Skywarn Net.

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