Forecasters watching the Atlantic for more tropical development as Franklin strengthens

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Even as Tropical Storm Franklin picks up power after hitting Hispaniola, meteorologists have their eye on a new threat for development in the Gulf of Mexico.

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00:00 Now this is a look at the tropical

00:02 tracks that we've seen so far this

00:04 hurricane season in the Atlantic.

00:05 Yeah, we've made it through several names.

00:07 We're a little bit above average

00:08 as far as the number of them,

00:09 but as you see,

00:10 we really haven't had too many

00:12 impacts here on our shorelines.

00:13 Harold did make landfall near Corpus

00:16 Christi earlier this week as a tropical storm.

00:19 Otherwise, the next name on the list.

00:22 Would be I Dalia and we very well could

00:24 get that at some point here moving forward.

00:27 Now we have a lot of tropical waves.

00:28 We're watching here is Franklin.

00:30 This is the only named storm of the bunch here,

00:33 but there's a wave out here in the Atlantic.

00:34 Another one up near the Azores.

00:36 Neither one of these is going to impact the US.

00:38 We won't have to worry about those

00:39 back here in Central America.

00:41 That's a way with a lot of moisture,

00:43 and we're going to be watching

00:44 that moving forward.

00:45 Now, before we get there,

00:46 though, we get a deal with tropical storm Franklin,

00:48 which just put down some flooding

00:50 downpours into the island of Hispaniola

00:53 over the last couple of days.

00:54 The winds near its center are 60 mph.

00:56 This is a strengthening tropical storm

00:59 and it will move north toward Bermuda.

01:01 Well, there will be some impacts

01:02 into early next week.

01:03 Here's Bermuda right here.

01:05 The timing is Tuesday,

01:07 Monday afternoon with category 2

01:10 storm off of their shorelines,

01:12 but the impacts there will be more

01:13 so of a tropical storm variety.

01:15 It'll be too far away,

01:16 but notice how anytime a tropical system

01:18 moves even well off of our shorelines,

01:21 we are going to see the strong rip

01:23 currents and the rough surf.

01:25 So beachgoers and boaters on all

01:27 East Coast beaches this weekend

01:28 and next week.

01:29 Be extra careful.

01:30 Meantime, Bermuda.

01:31 Yes, there will be some impacts

01:33 as Franklin passes to your West

01:35 moving forward,

01:36 mostly with tropical storm conditions,

01:38 but we're going to be watching

01:39 this area of concern here moving

01:41 forward into the Western Caribbean

01:43 and eastern Gulf of Mexico

01:45 early next week, folks.

01:47 That's the timing because there

01:48 is going to be some activity

01:49 with a little bit of a surge of moisture,

01:53 and we know that the water is

01:55 so warm out there, folks.

01:56 A place like Fort Myers Beach,

01:58 which is still cleaning up from

01:59 Ian from last year.

02:01 We know we are watching this very closely

02:03 as we head into early next week.

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