Yes I saw on the sfwmd site yesterday a model that showed the system now known s Ivan splitting Yucatan/Cuba into the so. GOM by the next weekend...oh happy day!
On to Frances: Frances is nearly stationary! BUT the ridge now exiting NC coast is moving steadly ESE and will force Frances to the wNW trac predicted by the NHC...Also the shear is lessening and outflow seems to be returnig to the W anSW portions of the storm...more symmetrical configuration beginng to reappear...good convection N of center...
Look for re-emergence of eye feature soon and return to the trac...
FYI Barometers continue relatively lower in the N Dade Broward and Palm Beach County areas