WOCN31 CWHX 271800
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.00 PM ADT 
WEDNESDAY 27 JULY 2005.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.00 PM ADT

 ... FRANKLIN IS PROVING TO BE SURPRISINGLY RESILIENT...

1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION

AT 3.00 PM ADT... TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.8 N AND LONGITUDE 69.2 W... ABOUT 240 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 450 KM WEST NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA . MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE ESTIMATED AT 40 KNOTS... 74 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT
1002 MB. FRANKLIN IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 9 KNOTS... 17
KM/H.

2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH

DATE     TIME     LAT    LON   MSLP  MAX WIND
          ADT                    MB  KTS  KMH
JUL 27  3.00 PM  33.8N  69.2W  1002   40   74
JUL 28  3.00 AM  35.5N  68.4W  1002   40   74
JUL 28  3.00 PM  37.6N  66.7W  1000   45   83
JUL 29  3.00 AM  39.5N  64.1W  1002   40   74
JUL 29  3.00 PM  41.3N  61.1W  1004   35   65 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 30  3.00 AM  43.2N  57.3W  1009   30   56 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 30  3.00 PM  45.4N  53.6W  1012   25   46 POST-TROPICAL

3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY

NIL

4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY

STRONG WINDS FROM FRANKLIN ARE EXPECTED TO REACH EAST SCOTIAN
SLOPE AND THE GRAND BANKS ON SATURDAY.

5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION

A. ANALYSIS

FRANKLIN IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING.
MAXIXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH STORM ARE NOW ESTIMATED AT
40 KNOTS.

B. PROGNOSTIC

MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH FRANKLIN ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
45 KNOTS ON THURSDAY. AFTER THAT THE STORM WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES 
OVER COLDER WATERS AND APPROACHES CANADIAN MARINE AREAS. THE STORM 
WILL BE UNDERGOING EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION OVER THE SLOPE WATERS
ON THURSDAY AND STRONG WINDS TO THE RIGHT OF THE STORM TRACK SHOULD 
APPEAR OVER THE GRAND BANKS ON SATURDAY.

C. PUBLIC WEATHER

SOME RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH FRANKLIN MIGHT REACH THE AVALON BY
SATURDAY EVENING.

D. MARINE WEATHER

PREDICTED WIND RADII (NM)
TIME          GALES           STORMS            HURRICANE
         NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW
27/18Z    0  90  90   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
28/06Z   60  90  90  60     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
28/18Z   75  90  90  60     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
29/06Z   90  90  60  40     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
29/18Z   50  90   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
30/06Z    0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
30/18Z    0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0

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