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Post-Tropical Cyclone FRANKLIN (Text)

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POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL062011
1100 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
 
...FRANKLIN LOSES TROPICAL CYCLONE CHARACTERISTICS OVER THE NORTH
ATLANTIC...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...40.5N 51.8W
ABOUT 435 MI...695 KM S OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 26 MPH...43 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 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 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE
FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.8 WEST.
THE CYCLONE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH...43 KM/H.
A TURN TOWARD THE EAST AND A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE
EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ON
MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT FRANKLIN HAS MERGED WITH A
FRONTAL ZONE AND HAS LOST ITS TROPICAL CYCLONE CHARACTERISTICS. 
GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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