Talking the Tropics With Mike: And there was just one: Franklin pouring on Hispaniola

An overview of what's going on in the tropics....

over the Northern Caribbean. Westerly wind shear remains quite strong, so Franklin is heavily weighted on its east side. A turn north in the forward movement then N/NE may help mitigate some of the shear by late week. Furthermore...the shear should weaken some once the tropical cyclone is north of the Greater Antilles. Franklin has slowed allowing for the rather sharp turn to the north with a move over Hispaniola into early Thu.

A Tropical Storm WARNING: Dominican Republic entire south coast from Haiti border eastward to Cabo Engano... Dominican Republic entire north coast from Haiti border eastward to Cabo Engano... Haiti entire south coast from Anse d’Hainault eastward to the Dominican Republic border... Turks and Caicos Islands

over the Western Gulf of Mexico followed by a midday landfall on the far south/SE coast of Texas. Heavy rain & gusty winds impacted much of South Texas & extreme Northern Mexico through tonight including South Padre Island & Brownsville but stayed largely south of Houston & San Antonio. The last NHC advisory was issued late Monday.over the Eastern Atlantic after coming off the coast of Africa last Wed. & deemed dissipated Mon. morning.

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