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Tropical Storm FRANKLIN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU JUL 28 2005
 
...FRANKLIN MOVING NORTHWARD BUT BEGINNING TO TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 69.2 WEST OR ABOUT
335 MILES... 540 KM... NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FRANKLIN IS MOVING JUST EAST OF DUE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR.  A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES... 165
KM... MAINLY TO THE SOUTH FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...35.5 N... 69.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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