FRANK BECOMES A REMNANT LOW...

Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:42 PM MDT Frank continues to weaken and has been downgraded to a Post-Tropical Low some 210 SW of Cabo San Lucas. Forecasts call for Frank to continue to weaken and slowly turn to the NE. Frank is expected to dissipate in the next 24hrs without reaching Baja. All we may see from the remains of Frank are a few showers if anything at all. the National Hurricane Center in Miami discontinued forecasting on the morning of 8/28.

At 9AM MDT 8/28/10 Post-Tropical Low Frank is currently located near 20.8N 112.3W and is moving 10° at 5kts. Central barometric pressure is estimated at 1005mb and winds are 30kts with gusts to 40kts, making Frank just short of tropical storm status.

As a strong Category 1 Hurricane Frank passed its peak on Thursday and continued to diminish. Frank crossed the 26°C thermo cline Friday and dissipated into a tropical storm, depression then low within 24hrs.. Forecasts call for Frank to dissipate some 220 miles SW of Cabo on Sunday. No landfall of Frank is projected.

Tropical Depression 9E evolved from an area of thunderstorms and a tropical wave in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the afternoon of 8/21. TD9E became Tropical Storm Frank on the morning of 8/22, along the southern coast of the Mexican mainland. After several days of difficult intensity forecasts, Frank became the third hurricane of 2010 on the morning of August 25. Hurricane Frank reach its peak on the afternoon of 8/26 as a strong Category 1 Hurricane with winds 75-90kts. Frank was downgraded to a Tropical Storm on the afternoon of 8/27. Frank was further downgraded to a Post-Tropical Low on the morning of 8/28.

Frank is dissipating and no further information will be posted to this page unless there is a change in status until historical data is available. The Synopsis below will continue to be auto-updated from the National Hurricane Center as long as the system is active.

THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

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Track Evolution of Tropical Cyclone Frank
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