22/08/2023
...POORLY ORGANIZED FRANKLIN DRIFTING WESTWARD...
At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Franklin is about 260 miles (420 km) S of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Franklin is drifting toward the west near 3 mph (5 km/h). The system should turn northward today, and a general northward motion is expected on Wednesday. On the forecast track, the center of Franklin is forecast to reach the southern coast of Hispaniola on Wednesday,
traverse the island and move off of the northern coast on Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast before Franklin reaches Hispaniola. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
RAINFALL: Franklin is expected to produce additional rainfall
amounts of 1 to 3 inches, with local storm total maxima of 6 inches,
across Puerto Rico and Vieques into Thursday. Across portions of
Hispaniola, rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches, with isolated higher
amounts up to 15 inches, are expected through Wednesday.
WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin within the
warning area tonight and into Wednesday. and are possible within
the watch area beginning Wednesday.
STORM SURGE: A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1
to 3 feet above ground level along the immediate coast near and to
the east of where the center makes landfall in Hispaniola.
For the latest forecast, visit: hurricanes.gov/
