TS Franklin “Not A Threat At This Time”
Tropical Storm Franklin is “not a threat to Bermuda at this time”, the Bermuda Weather Service said, with its closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hours forecast to be 528 nm to the south at 6.00am on Saturday [Aug 26], with the BWS noting that “this system may move closer to Bermuda after this time period depending upon its track.”
Graphic courtesy of the BWS:
The latest forecast from the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, “At 800 AM EDT [1200 UTC], the center of Tropical Storm Franklin was located very near the southern coast of the Dominican Republic near latitude 17.9 North, longitude 71.2 West. Franklin is moving toward the north near 10 mph [17 km/h], and a north-northeastward motion is expected for the next day or so, followed by a turn toward the northeast and east-northeast on Thursday. On the forecast track, the center of Franklin is expected to cross the island of Hispaniola today and emerge over the southwestern Atlantic waters later today or tonight.
“Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph [85 km/h] with higher gusts. Some weakening is likely today while Franklin moves over Hispaniola, followed by re-strengthening beginning on Thursday after the center moves over the Atlantic.
“Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles [185 km] from the center. A sustained wind of 37 mph [60 km/h] was recently reported at San Miguel near Santo Domingo. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1000 mb [29.53 inches].”
Graphic courtesy of the NHC:
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