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| #35573 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:34 PM 26.Jul.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 22 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST TUE JUL 26 2005 ...FRANKLIN WOBBLING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO THE WEST OF BERMUDA... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. 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 AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 68.2 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES... 320 KM... WEST OF BERMUDA. FRANKLIN IS MOVING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. SLOW AND SOMETIMES ERRATIC MOTION...INCLUDING SMALL LOOPS...BUT IN A NORTH TO NORTHEASTWARD DIRECTION...CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...A SHIP LOCATED ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 36 MPH ...WHILE A GUST TO 37 MPH WAS REPORTED ON BERMUDA IN A RAIN SQUALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM...MAINLY EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN BERMUDA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...32.3 N... 68.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER STEWART |
