Complex sentence: The National Hurricane Center's long range forecasts for Tropical Storm Franklin were fairly inaccurate, in particular initally it was thought that Franklin would pass very close to Bermuda but it turned northwards well the the west of the island.
Split into simpler sentences: The National Hurricane Center's long range forecasts for Tropical Storm Franklin were fairly inaccurate. In addition, forecasters predicted that Franklin would pass very close to Bermuda, but the storm turned northward and passed well the the west of the island.