Tropical Storm Franklin

Public Advisory 18

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WTNT31 KNHC 252032
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

...FRANKLIN STALLED...

INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FRANKLIN.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT
300 MILES... 480 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.

FRANKLIN HAS BEEN MEANDERING OR NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS...BUT A SLOW EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD
MOTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.7 N... 69.5 W. MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1000 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH

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