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News Update for Hurricane Franklin

Thu, Aug 31st 2023, 11:52 AM
Hurricane Weather

 

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE FRANKLIN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 12 PM EDT, THURSDAY, 31ST AUGUST, 2023.
...FRANKLIN CONTINUES MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
...FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN A COUPLE OF DAYS...
 
AT 1100 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.1 NORTH, LONGITUDE 61.6 WEST. FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH. A FASTER EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF FRANKLIN SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND FRANKLIN IS FORECAST TO BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE BY THIS WEEKEND.

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE FRANKLIN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 12 PM EDT, THURSDAY, 31ST AUGUST, 2023.

...FRANKLIN CONTINUES MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
...FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN A COUPLE OF DAYS...
 
AT 1100 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.1 NORTH, LONGITUDE 61.6 WEST. FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH. A FASTER EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF FRANKLIN SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND FRANKLIN IS FORECAST TO BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE BY THIS WEEKEND.

 

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