Well, according to the latest advisory from the CHC, Franklin STILL hasn't become fully extratropical. It should before their next advisory, though, if it hasn't already (by the looks of it on satellite imagery, it already has).
I'm still puzzled about the 50 knot winds in that advisory.
Franklin Advisories
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Franklin completes extratropical transition, finally:
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.
END ROUSSEL
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See you in 2011!
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.
END ROUSSEL
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See you in 2011!
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