Tropical Storm FRANKLIN

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TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER  32
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI JUL 29 2005
 
...FRANKLIN MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...

GALE AND STORM FORCE WIND WARNINGS... ISSUED BY THE METEOROLOGICAL
SERVICE OF CANADA... ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SLOPE WATERS SOUTH OF
NOVA SCOTIA AND THE GRAND BANKS SOUTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 63.8 WEST OR ABOUT
295 MILES... 480 KM... SOUTH OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA AND ABOUT 695
MILES...1115 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH... 35 KM/HR.  A
CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK... THE
CENTER OF FRANKLIN WILL BE NEAR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND
EARLY SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...
FOLLOWED BY WEAKENING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES... 140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRANKLIN.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...40.3 N... 63.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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