Major Hurricane Franklin | Peak 150mph, 926mb |post-tropical

[Iceresistance]

This thing is a beast, Recon is on the way there

[TLChip]

Healthy looking cane.

Edited August 29, 2023 by TLChip

[StretchCT]

Recon has a nam3kish 922mb est slp. 😲

Peak flight level winds 161mph . SFMR winds same report is still 147mph.

Vortex message with 12nm eye.  Max flight wind 161mph. 

Spoiler

Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC)
Transmitted: 28th day of the month at 23:17Z
Agency: United States Air Force
Aircraft: Lockheed WC-130J Hercules with reg. number AF96-5300
Storm Name: Franklin
Storm Number & Year: 08 in 2023 (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 16
Observation Number: 03

A. Time of Center Fix: 28th day of the month at 22:58:00Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 28.82N 71.08W
B. Center Fix Location: 445 statute miles (717 km) to the WSW (237°) from Hamilton, Bermuda (U.K.).
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 2,465m (8,087ft) at 700mb
D. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 927mb (27.38 inHg)
E. Dropsonde Surface Wind at Center: From 345° at 10kts (From the NNW at 12mph)
F. Eye Character: Closed
G. Eye Shape & Diameter: Circular with a diameter of 12 nautical miles (14 statute miles)
H. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind Inbound: 113kts (130.0mph)
I. Location & Time of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind Inbound: 4 nautical miles to the SW (231°) of center fix at 22:56:30Z
J. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 310° at 127kts (From the NW at 146.1mph)
K. Location & Time of the Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 4 nautical miles to the SW (231°) of center fix at 22:56:30Z
L. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind Outbound: 128kts (147.3mph)
M. Location & Time of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind Outbound: 7 nautical miles to the NE (55°) of center fix at 23:00:00Z
N. Maximum Flight Level Wind Outbound: From 141° at 140kts (From the SE at 161.1mph)
O. Location & Time of the Maximum Flight Level Wind Outbound: 8 nautical miles to the NE (54°) of center fix at 23:00:30Z
P. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 15°C (59°F) at a pressure alt. of 3,058m (10,033ft)
Q. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 22°C (72°F) at a pressure alt. of 3,047m (9,997ft)
R. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 4°C (39°F)
R. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available
S. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature
S. Fix Levels (surface & flight level centers within 5nm of each other): Surface and 700mb
T. Navigational Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles
T. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile

Remarks Section:
 

Maximum Flight Level Wind: 140kts (~ 161.1mph) which was observed 8 nautical miles to the NE (54°) from the flight level center at 23:00:30

Supposedly there is an ERC going on, but it's not noted. 

Max wind on sonde is 170mph at 916mb

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by StretchCT

[StretchCT]

Franklin has set the record for the lowest pressure this far north in the Atlantic.

 

[StretchCT]

24 hrs ago it was 82mph, now it's 147. Vortex and HDOBS

Sondes show same story.  Max wind now 170mph

 

The buoy that it passed earlier had water temps of 82-84.  And it deepened with just those temps.  Idalia is hitting 90-91 degree water. 

[Burr]

Official 8pm - 926mb / 150mph

 

[Burr]

Wider view

 

[so_whats_happening]

8 hours ago, TLChip said:

Healthy looking cane.

What a beautiful storm! Stadium effect!

[MaineJay]

9 hours ago, TLChip said:

Healthy looking cane.

Should kick up some swell for the local Higgins Beach surfers.

[Burr]

[Burr]

EWR cycle complete

 

[StretchCT]

Franklin still going, still looks stronger than 105/967

Edited August 30, 2023 by StretchCT

[StretchCT]

Some obs from bermuda

Gilbert Hill  gusting to 44mph

Knapton Hill  gusting to 40mph

Pirates Cove gusting to 45mph

 

http://www.weather.bm/tools/graphics.asp?name=250KM SRI&user=

Edited August 30, 2023 by StretchCT

[StretchCT]

Some of the obs from 240NM west of Bermuda

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41048

[StretchCT]

Close call for Bermuda

[Mainiac]

 

Ah, well this explains why I picked up 2.5” of rain this afternoon. 

[StretchCT]

Definitely not as fast as Idalia

[so_whats_happening]

This storm is crawling, so much so that Idalia is nearly the same latitude as Franklin. I honestly would have thought it would have been picked up by the trough by now but here we are still watching it around Bermuda.

I wonder just how much the waters will get churned up by this system and I believe it definitely left a weakness in the W Atlantic which may allow for some interesting movements with Idalia.

[StretchCT]

FRANKLIN HAS BECOME A POWERFUL EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE... ...THIS IS THE FINAL NHC ADVISORY...

500 PM AST Fri Sep 1
Location: 39.5°N 53.8°W
Moving: NE at 17 mph
Min pressure: 979 mb
Max sustained: 80 mph

 

[StretchCT]

This is still Franklin, just off Portugal. It absorbed another system.  That's Idalia heading to Canada, which just absorbed Gert

[StretchCT]

Oh boy

3. Northeastern Atlantic (ex-Franklin):
Post-Tropical Cyclone Franklin is located several hundred miles 
north of the Azores and is forecast to move quickly southeastward 
towards warmer waters east of the Azores.  This system could acquire 
some subtropical or tropical characteristics late this week or this 
weekend while it moves erratically between the Azores and Portugal. 
For additional information on this system, including gale warnings, 
see High Seas Forecasts issued by Meteo France.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

 

[so_whats_happening]

14 hours ago, StretchCT said:

This is still Franklin, just off Portugal. It absorbed another system.  That's Idalia heading to Canada, which just absorbed Gert

Yea i believe franklin absorbed katia then became post tropical. Idalia absorbed gert as well. Kinda wild to see systems not getting absorbed through flow and left meandering in the atlantic. Hopefully these two can grt absorbed but franklin is an interesting one. Caught off the coast there in a semi record warm atlantic still. 

Especially if we can get this cape verde storm to form the ace should push rather close to 100. If we can hold the mjo in a decent position too the end of the season wont be nearly as boring as folks expected, especially with a moderate to strong el nino out there.