BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062011
500 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...FRANKLIN WEAKENING OVER THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC...
SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...39.7N 55.5W
ABOUT 730 MI...1170 KM NE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 70 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.5 WEST. FRANKLIN IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/H. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE EAST LATER TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. STEADY WEAKENING IS FORECAST AND FRANKLIN SHOULD LOSE ITS
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM EDT.
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