The Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) alerted that this Sunday the storm formed Tropical Franklin in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
The area of low pressures located in the eastern Caribbean Sea gained organization and became tropical storm Franklin, with maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts and a central pressure of 1,002 hectoPascal.
At 6:00 pm. As of this Sunday, the Franklin center was estimated at 14.7 degrees north latitude and 67.3 degrees west longitude, a position that places it about 490 kilometers east-southeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and is headed near west-northwest at a rate 22 kilometers per hour.
It is estimated that in the next 12 to 24 hours Franklin will maintain a similar course and speed of translation, gaining more organization and intensity, before turning north over the central Caribbean Sea, a movement that will bring it closer to Hispaniola on Wednesday.
In addition, Tropical Storm Emily formed in the Central Atlantic. The area of low pressures that moved through the central Atlantic, west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands, continued to gain organization until it developed a well-defined center of circulation, which is why it became Tropical Storm Emily.
Its maximum sustained winds are up to 85 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts and a central pressure of 1,001 hectoPascal.
At 11:00 am Emily’s center was located at 19.5 degrees north latitude and 38.8 degrees west longitude, a position that places it about 1,615 kilometers west northwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
It is estimated that in the next 12 to 24 hours it will continue on a similar course, experiencing very little change in its organization and intensity.
This system does not represent a danger for Cuba but it is of interest for navigation.
