Francis is unlikely to weaken much...

[Guest]

while crossing to the gulf, reason is, she is so large she is able to tap the gulf heat from her western and southwestern quad. and Atlantic on the east and southeast, look for her to be a cat 1 when she leaves florida west coast.

[hibiscushouse]

cat 1 when she leaves florida west coast

Oh, that's not good.

[canegrl04]

Yep.Weather guy on CNN said Frances will remain a hurricane for the next 12 hours

[CFL]

I'm not too worried about it in my area anymore. It looks as if all the models are pointing toward Panama City and eastward which means we'll be on the better side of the storm.

[Stephanie]

The thing is that France's eye will be over land for so long that what's being fed from the bands over the water probably won't be enough to sustain her hurricane status.