Alert #8 on Tropical Storm Franklin was issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology, Tuesday 22nd August 2023, at 6 am EDT.
…Franklin is still drifting slowly with no change in intensity…
A Tropical Storm Watch remains in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
A Tropical Storm Watch that Tropical Storm conditions could be experienced within the Turks and Caicos Islands within 48 hours.
At 5 am EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 14.8 degrees north and longitude 70.3 degrees west, or about 255 miles south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 460 miles south of Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, 475 miles south-southeast of Matthew Town, Inagua and 835 miles south-southeast of New Providence.
Tropical Storm Franklin is moving toward the northwest near 3 miles per hour. The system should turn northward today, and a generally 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 the northern coast on Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 miles per hour with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast before Franklin reaches Hispaniola.
Tropical Storm force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the center.
Residents in the Turks and Caicos Islands should begin to make preparation for the possibility of Tropical Storm conditions beginning late Wednesday night. Residents in the Southeast Bahamas should closely monitor Alerts issued by the Bahamas Department of Meteorology and be ready to make preparation for possible Tropical Storm conditions in the next few days.
Franklin is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches, with isolated higher amounts of 4 inches over the most easterly islands.
The next Alert on Tropical Storm Franklin will be issued at 9 am EDT.
