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Tropical Storm FRANKLIN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005

...FRANKLIN TEMPORARILY STALLS...EXPECTED TO RESUME AN
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION ON MONDAY...
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FRANKLIN.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR BERMUDA ON MONDAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
410 MILES... 660 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FRANKLIN HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH
... 6 KM/HR FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS.  A SLOW AND ERRATIC DRIFT IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH A MOTION TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST FORECAST
TO RESUME ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FRANKLIN IS CURRENTLY IN AN AREA OF UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL
WINDS...AND SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...30.9 N... 71.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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