Shortly thereafter, the strong cyclone absorbed the smaller and weaker Tropical Storm Jose, which was situated to its east, following a brief Fujiwhara interaction. That same day, Franklin began losing its tropical characteristics, and by 21:00 UTC on September 1 it had become a hurricane-force extratropical cyclone. The following day, while passing north of Bermuda, the wind shear over Franklin increased even further, causing the storm's eye to disappear as it became increasingly asymmetric and its forward speed to accelerate. That trend continued after the cycle was completed as northerly wind shear from the outflow from Hurricane Idalia to the southwest increased over Franklin and by 09:00 UTC on August 30, it had weakened to Category 2 strength. Franklin then turned northward reached its peak intensity shortly afterwards with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and an estimated central pressure of 926 mbar (27.34 inHg) before initiating an eyewall replacement cycle, causing it to begin to slowly weaken as it turned northeastward. Franklin then began to intensify even more rapidly, becoming a category 4 hurricane just over 2 + 1⁄ 2 hours later. A further decrease in wind shear along with less dry air allowed Franklin to begin to rapidly intensify as it moved northwestward, becoming the season's first major hurricane at 09:00 UTC on August 28. After drifting eastward and struggling with strong westerly shear and land interaction for several days, Franklin entered a more favorable environment for development on August 25 and promptly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane the next morning. Weakening occurred after Franklin made landfall, and it emerged into the Atlantic Ocean at 21:00 UTC as a minimal tropical storm. Franklin then made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) south of Barahona, Dominican Republic, shortly before 12:00 UTC on August 23. Early on August 23, the storm began moving northwestward before turning northward, becoming somewhat better organized, allowing it to intensify. This gave the cyclone a disheveled appearance with most of convection to the east of its center and the NHC noted multiple times that Franklin may have not had a well-defined center of circulation on August 22. Over the next couple of days, Franklin drifted through weak steering currents, while battling moderate wind shear. An area of low pressure formed on August 19 east of the Leeward Islands, and on August 20, the NHC designated the system as Tropical Storm Franklin. On August 17, the NHC noted the possibility of the formation of a disturbance on the back end of a trough of low pressure as it headed westward towards the Leeward Islands. Meteorological history Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scaleĮxtratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression Several communities in the Dominican Republic were cut off, and nearly 350,000 homes were left without power, and an additional 1.6 million homes were cut off from potable water. At least 350 people were displaced, and more than 500 homes and 2,500 roads were affected or damaged. Two fatalities were reported in the Dominican Republic, with an additional person also missing. It became extratropical as it accelerated into the open northern Atlantic.įranklin brought heavy rainfall and wind, causing damage to buildings, homes, and light posts. Possessing a large wind field, the hurricane produced tropical storm force winds over Bermuda. The seventh named storm, second hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Franklin impacted Hispaniola as a tropical storm before strengthening into a high-end Category 4 hurricane several days later. Hurricane Franklin was a long-lived, erratic, and powerful hurricane that brought tropical-storm force winds to parts of the Greater Antilles and Bermuda. Part of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
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