Ex-Tropical Storm Chris weakens, advisories stop


June 22, 2012 at 11:09a.m.

Ex-Tropical Storm Chris weakens, advisories stop

MIAMI (AP) — A day after spending mere hours as a hurricane, the former Tropical Storm Chris was weakening in the north Atlantic and not headed for any land.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds today have decreased to near 45 mph (75 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the tropical storm has become a post-tropical system and it will no longer issue advisories.

Chris is centered about 335 miles (535 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and is moving west-northwest at 16 mph (26 kph).