WTNT31 KNHC 222358 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 29A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008 800 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 …CENTER OF FAY EMERGES OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GULF… A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS … Continue reading →

We’ve been talking about this system for nearly two weeks now, and by this weekend it will have been two weeks. The sixth tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic season was a fast starter, skipping right over tropical depression and … Continue reading →

Here is an center fix from the Hurricane Hunter plane made at 8:45 p.m. CDT tonight… The main takeaways from the report… Central pressure 994 mb (up a mb) Still found a 60 kt flight level wind in the NE … Continue reading →

The area of rain over West Alabama is weakening this evening. Stil, moderate rain covers much of Pickens, southern Lamar, extreme southern Fayette, southwestern Tuscaloosa, northern Greene and northern Hale Counties. Light rain extends northward through Marion, Franklin, Colbert and … Continue reading →

Here are some spot reports from close to Tropical Storm Fay tonight… CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DAYTONA BEACH HVY RAIN 77 73 88 N24G40 29.54F FOG JFK SPACE CTR RAIN 75 75 100 W25G48 29.44F FOG … Continue reading →

The solid line of rain and storms over western Alabama is moving slowly eastward tonight. Our skywatcher in southwestern Lamar County reported 2.25 inches of rain as of 7 p.m. and it was still raining. Look to the southeast…and you … Continue reading →

Shortly after 5 p.m. this afternoon, Air Force reconnaissance found a central pressure of 993 mb in Fay, a drop of 4 mb! Infrared satellite data indicates that the cloud tops are cooling, indicating increased thunderstorm activity around the center. … Continue reading →

Interesting convergence zone over West Alabama this afternoon. Lots of rain and storms straddling the Alabama/Mississippi border from Southwest Alabama around Chatom in Washington County ti southwest of Livingston to near Carrollton to near Vernon to west of Hamilton. It … Continue reading →

Fay has actually strengthened over land… It is expected to become a hurricane after emerging off the East Coast of Florida… It will then move back west and could cross the Sunshine State again and enter the Gulf of Mexico. … Continue reading →

On August 18,1955, Hurricane Diane became the second hurricane to strike the United States East Coast in less than one week. Diane encountered cold water left in the wake of Hurricane Connie as it approached the South Carolina coast. Winds … Continue reading →