Sixth Depression Of 2011 Atlantic Season Becomes Storm Before Dissipating

Late Friday afternoon, the sixth depression of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season formed after being a disturbance hanging off a trough of low pressure just off the Southeastern Coast of the United States.  Within 12 hours, it strengthened a bit more into Tropical Storm Franklin, the sixth named storm of the season.

Becoming a named storm some 460 miles to the North-Northeast of Bermuda on early Saturday morning, Franklin initially had winds of 40 miles per hour and a minimum central pressure of 29.71 inches of Hg, or 1006 millibars.  With not that much time to further organize and strengthen, Franklin ended up peaking with just 45 mile per hour sustained winds, and a minimum central pressure of 1004 millibars, or 29.65 inches of Hg.

Maximum wind gusts at peak intensity was only 55 miles per hour.  Entering the cooler waters of the North Atlantic, Franklin gradually lost steam and its tropical characteristics causing the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida to issue its last advisory on the storm at 11:00 PM EDT on Saturday night.