000 WTNT31 KNHC 250838 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...FRANKLIN MOVING ERRATICALLY AS IT SLOWLY WEAKENS... INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FRANKLIN. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 70.3 WEST OR ABOUT 340 MILES... 545 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. FRANKLIN HAS BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...BUT ITS GENERAL MOTION HAS BEEN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH ... 7 KM/HR. A CONTINUED UNEVEN BUT GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FRANKLIN COULD WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES ...220 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...30.8 N... 70.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN $$