Tropical Storm Franklin formed in the eastern Caribbean Sea – Televisión Avileña

The Institute of Meteorology’s Forecast Center (Insmet) reported that during Sunday, an area of ​​low pressure located in the eastern Caribbean Sea gained organization and became Tropical Storm Franklin.

According to Tropical Cyclone Advisory No. 1, issued at 6:00 p.m. Franklin has maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, and a central pressure of 1,002 hectopascals (hPa).

At 6 this afternoon, the central area of ​​Tropical Storm Franklin was estimated at 14.7 degrees north latitude and 67.3 degrees west longitude, a location that puts it about 490 kilometers east-southeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is moving on a close west-northwest track at a rate of 22 kilometers per hour.

Over the next 12 to 24 hours, Franklin will maintain a similar course and speed of translation, gaining more organization and strength, before turning north over the central Caribbean Sea, a movement that will bring him closer to Hispaniola on Wednesday.

The Meteorological Institute’s Forecast Center is closely monitoring the evolution and future course of this tropical organism.

An incoming tropical cyclone warning will be issued for this organism at 6 a.m. Monday.