Hurricane Franklin expected to pass 'well southeast' of Newfoundland late Friday
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The Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) says Hurricane Franklin is expected to pass “well southeast” of Newfoundland by late Friday, though it could still fuel significant rain and ocean swells as it nears.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) says Hurricane Franklin is expected to pass “well southeast” of Newfoundland by late Friday, though it could still fuel significant rain and ocean swells as it nears.
The agency posted an updated tropical cyclone information statement on its website early Wednesday morning.
At that time, the storm was about 380 kilometres west of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h, and moving 19 km/h in a north-northeast direction.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) describes Franklin as a “large hurricane” and says the centre of the storm is expected to pass to the northwest of Bermuda later in the day Wednesday.
“Even though the center of Franklin is still forecast to pass to the northwest of Bermuda later today, the large area of tropical-storm-force winds associated with the hurricane to its southeast are expected to extend near or over the island, where a tropical storm warning remains in place,” a bulletin on the NHC’s website reads.
The latest hurricane track shows Franklin south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by Friday night before it transitions to a “potent” post-tropical cyclone.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre says there is a chance of gale-to-storm-force offshore winds during that time.
