WOCN31 CWHX 300600
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.00 AM ADT 
SATURDAY 30 JULY 2005.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.00 AM ADT

 ... FRANKLIN RAPIDLY WEAKENING TO POST-TROPICAL DISTURBANCE...

1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION

AT 3.00 AM ADT... TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 44.0 N AND LONGITUDE 54.5 W... ABOUT 170 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 315 KM SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE . MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 48 KNOTS... 89 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE
AT 998 MB. FRANKLIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 KNOTS... 54 KM/H.

2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH

DATE     TIME     LAT    LON   MSLP  MAX WIND
          ADT                    MB  KTS  KMH
JUL 30  3.00 AM  44.0N  54.5W   998   48   89
JUL 30  9.00 AM  45.7N  51.2W  1004   35   65 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 30  3.00 PM  46.9N  48.5W  1009   30   56 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 30  9.00 PM  49.1N  44.0W  1009   30   56 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 31  3.00 AM  52.1N  41.7W  1009   29   54 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 31  9.00 AM  57.0N  40.0W  1010   28   52 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 31  3.00 PM  58.8N  39.4W  1009   29   54 POST-TROPICAL

3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY

MOISTURE FROM FRANKLIN WILL AFFECT THE AVALON PENINSULA THIS
MORNING. 15 TO 25 MM OF RAIN ARE FORECAST WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
AS HIGH AS 50 MM POSSIBLE IN EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS.

4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY

STORM FORCE SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF
FRANKLIN OVERNIGHT WITH GALE FORCE EASTERLIES AHEAD OF IT.
GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE
TRACK OF FRANKLIN AS IT CROSSES THE SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS
EARLY THIS MORNING. AFTERWARD GALE FORCE WINDS ARE PREDICTED
SOUTH OF THE TRACK AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS TODAY. IT WILL MOVE OUT
OF THE NORTHERN GRAND BANKS EARLY THIS EVENING THEN AWAY
TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION

A. ANALYSIS

THE HIGH LEVEL CLOUD HAVE MOVED AHEAD OF THE STORM CENTER.
LOW LEVEL CLOUD AROUND THE STORM INDICATES CYCLONIC CIRCULATION
AT THE SURFACE. FRANKLIN IS STILL CONSIDERED AN ENTITY
WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 48 KNOTS.

B. PROGNOSTIC

FRANKLIN WILL BECOME POST TROPICAL WITHIN THE NEXT 6 HOUR PERIOD.

C. PUBLIC WEATHER

CANADIAN AND US MODELS INDICATE SIMILAR PRECIPITATION
PATTERNS MAINLY OVER THE AVALON PENISULA.

D. MARINE WEATHER

MOST OF THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE STORM AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY EASTWARD. SEAS IN EXCESS OF 4M
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

PREDICTED WIND RADII (NM)
TIME          GALES           STORMS            HURRICANE
         NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW
30/06Z  180 120  70  90    30  60  20   0     0   0   0   0
30/12Z  180 120  70  90     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
30/18Z    0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
31/00Z    0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
31/06Z    0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
31/12Z    0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0
31/18Z    0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0     0   0   0   0


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