WOCN31 CWHX 300900
POST-TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT 
ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6.00 AM ADT SATURDAY 30 JULY 2005.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.00 AM ADT

 AT 6.00 AM ADT... POST-TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 44.3 N AND LONGITUDE 53.0 W... ABOUT 140 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 260 KM SOUTH OF CAPE RACE .

 FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 37 KNOTS... 69 KM/H.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 40 KNOTS... 74 KM/H AND 
CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 1002 MB.

GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED
SOUTH OF THE TRACK AS IT CROSSES THE SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS
EARLY THIS MORNING. AFTERWARD STRONG TO 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.


DATE     TIME     LAT    LON   MSLP  MAX WIND
          ADT                    MB  KTS  KMH
JUL 30  6.00 AM  44.3N  53.0W  1002   40   74 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 30  9.00 AM  45.5N  51.0W  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   30   56 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 31  9.00 AM  57.0N  40.0W  1009   30   56 POST-TROPICAL
JUL 31  3.00 PM  58.8N  39.4W  1009   30   56 POST-TROPICAL

 PUBLIC AND MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THEIR REGION BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

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