1WTNT31 KNHC 130837 2TCPAT1 3 4BULLETIN 5TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 3 6NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062011 7500 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011 8 9...THE SIXTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2011 ATLANTIC SEASON FORMS...NO 10THREAT TO LAND... 11 12 13SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION 14---------------------------------------------- 15LOCATION...37.9N 60.4W 16ABOUT 460 MI...740 KM NNE OF BERMUDA 17MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H 18PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 55 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H 19MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES 20 21 22WATCHES AND WARNINGS 23-------------------- 24THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. 25 26 27DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK 28------------------------------ 29AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS 30LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.4 WEST. FRANKLIN IS 31MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H. A MOTION TOWARD 32THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN 33TOWARD THE EAST ON SUNDAY. 34 35SATELLITE AND MICROWAVE DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 36HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE 37SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 38HOURS. FRANKLIN IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON 39SUNDAY. 40 41TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM 42FROM THE CENTER. 43 44ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. 45 46 47HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND 48---------------------- 49NONE. 50 51 52NEXT ADVISORY 53------------- 54NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT. 55 56$$ 57FORECASTER BLAKE 58 59 60WTNT31 KNHC 131434 61TCPAT1 62 63BULLETIN 64TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 4 65NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062011 661100 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011 67 68...FRANKLIN STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC BUT 69REMAINS NO THREAT TO LAND... 70 71 72SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION 73----------------------------------------------- 74LOCATION...39.0N 57.9W 75ABOUT 605 MI...970 KM NE OF BERMUDA 76MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H 77PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H 78MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES 79 80 81WATCHES AND WARNINGS 82-------------------- 83THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. 84 85 86DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK 87------------------------------ 88AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN 89WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.9 WEST. FRANKLIN 90IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/H. THIS 91GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL 92TURN TOWARD THE EAST ON SUNDAY. 93 94MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER 95GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH GRADUAL 96WEAKENING FORECAST TO BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. 97FRANKLIN IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY SUNDAY 98NIGHT. 99 100TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM 101FROM THE CENTER. 102 103ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. 104 105 106HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND 107---------------------- 108NONE. 109 110 111NEXT ADVISORY 112------------- 113NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM EDT. 114 115$$ 116FORECASTER STEWART 117 118 119WTNT31 KNHC 132032 120TCPAT1 121 122BULLETIN 123TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 5 124NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062011 125500 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011 126 127...FRANKLIN WEAKENING OVER THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC... 128 129 130SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION 131---------------------------------------------- 132LOCATION...39.7N 55.5W 133ABOUT 730 MI...1170 KM NE OF BERMUDA 134MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H 135PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 70 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H 136MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES 137 138 139WATCHES AND WARNINGS 140-------------------- 141THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. 142 143 144DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK 145------------------------------ 146AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS 147LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.5 WEST. FRANKLIN IS 148MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/H. THIS GENERAL 149MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN 150TOWARD THE EAST LATER TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. 151 152MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER 153GUSTS. STEADY WEAKENING IS FORECAST AND FRANKLIN SHOULD LOSE ITS 154TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. 155 156TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM 157FROM THE CENTER. 158 159ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. 160 161 162HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND 163---------------------- 164NONE. 165 166 167NEXT ADVISORY 168------------- 169NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM EDT. 170 171$$ 172FORECASTER STEWART 173 174 175