Tropical Storm Franklin
Position: 39.7N 55.5W [ 4PM CDT 2100 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [070°] near 22 mph [35 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 80 miles [130 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1004 mb.
Currently about 730 miles [1170 km] Northeast of Bermuda.
Franklin is in the North Atlantic, due East of New Jersey and due South of the island of Newfoundland. It will not approach land and the water is getting colder, so it will fade out of existence.
I won’t be following Franklin, but there are three Invests in the Atlantic which I’m watching. One of them might pose a threat in the next few days. The most recent years have been very strange.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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