	Friday July 22nd , 2005 – Fort Myers Florida	Centennial Harbour Marina – Fort Myers Florida - 239-461-0775 – Website - www.marina33901.com
		.. we are spending a week up North taking in the baptism of my Granddaughter Fran as well as spending time with friends and relatives .. when we left Hurricane Emily was heading West towards and now just before we are going to return to Southwest Florida Tropical Storm Franklin .. with Southwest Florida ‘between’ Hurricanes it is a good time for us to do our traveling .. it appears at this time that Franklin will not be making landfall at all so Florida should be spared from Franklin and will most likely just end up with rain and winds .. 05:00 am - Tropical Storm Franklin forms in the Bahamas Miami FL ( AP ) - Tropical Storm Franklin formed in the Bahamas this evening and forecasters said it could grow close to hurricane strength over the weekend -- and then meander for days off Florida's East Coast. It posed no immediate threat to South Florida, but local forecasters and emergency managers said they were watching it carefully. For now, its main effect could be to pump especially warm air in our direction, raising temperatures into the 90s. ''It's getting a little too close for comfort,'' said Jim Lushine, the National Weather Service's warning coordinator for South Florida. With the system already in the Bahamas, a tropical storm warning was issued for the islands of Eleuthera, New Providence, Berry Islands, Abacos and Grand Bahama Island. That means tropical storm conditions are expected there within 24 hours. Forecasters as the National Hurricane Center in West Miami-Dade County said a hurricane hunter aircraft found sustained winds of about 40 mph, just above tropical storm strength of 39 mph. The long-range forecast, subject to considerable error, had the system pulsing northward through the Atlantic Ocean until it was about 200 miles east of Cape Canaveral on Friday night -- and then essentially stalling as it becomes trapped by a high-altitude ridge of air now moving across the country. The forecast track suggested that Franklin could meander well offshore until Tuesday, possibly looping back toward the Florida coast, much as Hurricane Jeanne did last September. Some computerized models even carried the storm back over Central Florida, according to forecaster Stacy Stewart, a course again reminiscent of the one adopted by Jeanne, which made landfall between Stuart and Fort Pierce. But he and other forecasters said it was too early to become alarmed. ''At this point, it is just something residents should pay close attention to,'' said Eric Blake, a meteorologist at the hurricane center. Meanwhile, another system that was developing in the western Caribbean Sea could bring heavy rain to the Cayman Islands, western Cuba and the same areas of the Yucatán Peninsula that were swept earlier this week by Hurricane Emily. Then, it could grow stronger in the Gulf of Mexico. ''That one will not be a South Florida thing,'' Blake said, though it could pose a threat to residents of Mexico or Texas along the Gulf Coast. All of this came as Emily's remnants dissipated Thursday over Mexico's mountains. Hurricane forecasters ceased issuing advisories about it, but wasted no time turning their attention to the new systems.
	Saturday July 23rd , 2005 – Fort Myers Florida	Centennial Harbour Marina – Fort Myers Florida - 239-461-0775 – Website - www.marina33901.com
		05:00 pm – HEADLINES - Franklin just full of hot air You thought it was hot Friday? Wait until today and Sunday. And you can blame it on Tropical Storm Franklin. Miami FL (AP) - With tropical weather, if it isn't one thing, it's another. Rather than dumping rain on us, Tropical Storm Franklin is barbecuing us with heat excessive even by the usual standards of South Florida's summer sizzle. The heat index, which measures temperature and humidity and was sufficiently brutal at well over 100 degrees Friday, is likely to exceed the ''you have to be kidding'' discomfort level of 105 degrees today and Sunday. ''It'll be a hot time in the old town this weekend,'' said Jim Lushine, the National Weather Service's severe weather expert for South Florida. The cause? Yep, it's that pesky Franklin. The storm's probable future spun into clearer focus Friday and, on one level, the picture seemed appealing: Franklin was predicted to leave the Bahamas behind, move north through the Atlantic and, with luck, eventually curve well out to sea without coming close to Florida or the rest of the U.S. mainland. But that left us on the periphery of the natural chimney that is a tropical system. The hot air goes up through the center, spreads out wide and has to fall some place. This weekend, South Florida is that place, and it is getting pretty toasty here. The hot news Friday: highs of 96 degrees in Kendall and 93 degrees in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Pembroke Pines and Opa-locka. That was downright chilly compared to the weather in parts of Arizona and elsewhere in the Far West. A prolonged heat wave with temperatures as high as 115 degrees was blamed for at least 21 deaths in the Phoenix area alone.
		NOTE – the Chart to the left shows the Path or History of Tropical Storm Franklin .. ‘click’ on the Chart for a larger version of the Chart ..