Tropical Storm Chris

[HouTXmetro]

can you say $4+ gas?

Well I'll be riding the bus to work.

[Trugunzn]

still blowing up!

[WindRunner]

60kt FL winds just in . . . = 48kts at surface . . . NHC made boo-boo . . .

[Swimdude]

I've got a feeling I'd better keep my mouth shut on this advisory, as to keep away from NHC-bashing.

[max]

60kt FL winds just in . . . = 48kts at surface . . . NHC made boo-boo . . .

How fast is that in mph ?

[Aquawind]

Whens the next vortex coming out?

[jhamps10]

roughly from my guess between 55 and 60 MPH.

[Epsilon_Fan]

here he goes... looks like he's trying to strenthen

[HouTXmetro]

To me this has LA/Upper TX storm written all over it...a strong ridge is supposed to build in over the Eastern portion of the U.S. keeping Chris on a more WNW track once it enters into the GOM...the 7 day plot has it at about 25 Lat and 85 Long...I realize this is far too early to be making any landfall predictions but if I were forced to make a prediction it would be very Rita-esque...

Keep in mind Rita was poised to hit South Texas (Brownsville) early in her track.

[NONAME]

Wow This is a tiny Looking tropical storm but it looks very impressive campared to yesterday morning when it had hardly any convection then it just blew up yesterday became a depression and now a tropical storm all when it wasn't suposed to. I think Chris will be the First hurricane of the 2006 season outflow is looking lots better and so is chris in every frame.

[cjrciadt]

can you say $4+ gas?

Well I'll be riding the bus to work.

Already do that to work, it is cheaper than driving distance in miles. Anyway, they mentioned the higher than usual pressure in the area. A system without a loose pressure gradient this time?

[shaggy]

cant wait till next year when we can finally get past the "rita" and "katrina" references......This storm is also tracking like a dozen other storms and it may never even get close to the track or intensity of rita!

[StormsAhead]

SXXX50 KNHC 012049
AF303 0103A CHRIS HDOB 25 KNHC
2037. 1743N 06058W 00300 5020 288 024 232 232 025 00290 0000000000
2038 1745N 06057W 00302 5024 290 025 236 236 025 00288 0000000000
2038. 1746N 06057W 00298 5029 308 026 230 230 027 00279 0000000000
2039 1747N 06056W 00302 5038 306 025 236 236 027 00274 0000000000
2039. 1749N 06056W 00302 5048 309 021 250 236 023 00264 0000000000
2040 1750N 06054W 00302 5060 310 021 266 230 022 00252 0000000000
2040. 1751N 06053W 00309 5069 354 015 272 230 018 00251 0000000000
2041 1752N 06052W 00385 5068 063 013 258 234 016 00327 0000000000
2041. 1754N 06051W 00431 5065 094 021 274 214 025 00377 0000000000
2042 1755N 06051W 00457 5057 081 026 290 206 028 00411 0000000000
2042. 1756N 06050W 00450 5053 116 039 280 216 044 00408 0000000000
2043 1757N 06049W 00461 5038 137 057 240 238 064 00433 0000000000
2043. 1759N 06048W 00455 5023 136 059 220 220 062 00442 0000000000
2044 1800N 06048W 00464 5022 144 054 232 224 055 00459 0000000000
2044. 1801N 06046W 00440 5012 149 054 228 224 055 00440 0000000000
2045 1802N 06045W 00460 5014 150 057 210 210 059 00467 0000000000
2045. 1803N 06044W 00454 5010 151 060 216 198 060 00465 0000000000
2046 1805N 06043W 00457 5004 152 056 214 202 058 00474 0000000000
2046. 1806N 06041W 00457 0003 146 047 206 206 047 00481 0000000000
2047 1807N 06040W 00456 0010 145 046 208 202 046 00486 0000000000

[Scorpion]

64 kts!

[fci]

Well, selfishly; have tix for my Dodgers vs. Marlins all weekend so Chris needs to stay away from SE FL.

A track to visit Fidel in the hospital is appealing to me.
Or better yet, dissapation like the models have been saying all along!

[StormsAhead]

That converts to 51 knots surface

[stormtruth]

cant wait till next year when we can finally get past the "rita" and "katrina" references......This storm is also tracking like a dozen other storms and it may never even get close to the track or intensity of rita!

can't imagine those two storms are forgotten by then.

[max]

64 kts!

Are you sure? What is that at?

[Extremeweatherguy]

Wow This is a tiny Looking tropical storm but it looks very impressive campared to yesterday morning when it had hardly any convection then it just blew up yesterday became a depression and now a tropical storm all when it wasn't suposed to. I think Chris will be the First hurricane of the 2006 season outflow is looking lots better and so is chris in every frame.

These tiny storms can really be bad for the Gulf. They tend not to weaken until right at landfall instead of drawing in drier air before hand (such as Rita and Katrina). This means they have the potential to be big wind storms. The only good thing is that these smaller storms usually have far less surge.

[fci]

cant wait till next year when we can finally get past the "rita" and "katrina" references......This storm is also tracking like a dozen other storms and it may never even get close to the track or intensity of rita!

I think it will take a LONG time before Rita and, especially; Katrina references subside.