TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 4 | Main | Franklin a non event for the Caribbean
July 23, 2005
Tropical Storm Franklin Update
Franklin is no threat to the Caribbean at this time, and is pulling away from the Bahamas also. It may still have an impact on Bermuda.
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2005
...FRANKLIN MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE BAHAMAS...
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 75.9 WEST OR ABOUT
200 MILES... 325 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND AND
ABOUT 695 MILES...1120 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH
...13 KM/HR. A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. FRANKLIN HAS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED OVERNIGHT AND
SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...29.1 N... 75.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.