Recon mission 13 into Tropical Storm Fay is complete and the plane is enroute back to Keesler. Mission 14 was a high altitude Gulfstream mission to sample the atmosphere around the storm. This data will be used to enhance the … Continue reading →

And run outside to see a gorgeous moon in the eastern sky! And an equally resplendent Jupiter shining brightly high in the southern sky. Isn’t Nature fabulous?!?!?

Or fickle forecasting models… The uncertainty factor has crept back into the forecast process thanks to a wide spread in the model output this afternoon. The morning GFS picked up on it, not as dramatically as some of the other … Continue reading →

WTNT31 KNHC 171751 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008 200 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008 …FAY MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST… A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE … Continue reading →

The 10 a.m. CDT advisory package from the NHC is out…and there is no real change in thinking. Top winds still 50 mph. There is no Air Force plane in the system right now. Fay is very close to the … Continue reading →

000 WTNT31 KNHC 171150 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008 800 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008 …CENTER OF FAY NEAR CABO CRUZ IN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA……WARNINGS AND WATCHES EXTENDED WESTWARD … Continue reading →

FAY STRONGER…WATCHES ISSUED FAST FACTS…at 5 a.m. CDT…Tropical Storm Fay was located near… LOCATION….LAT 19.7 LON 77.3 or 445 miles SE of Key West MOVEMENT…W-13 (Expected to turn more northwest and slow) TOP WINDS…50 mph (Strengthening expected) CENTRAL PRESSURE…1003 millibars … Continue reading →

Tropical Storm Fay looks like it is gaining convection tonight as it passes between Haiti and Cuba. There are several signs that it is beginning to develop. Pressures are falling in the environment surrounding the storm. Deep convection is forming … Continue reading →

000 WTNT31 KNHC 162348 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008 800 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 …FAY MOVING WESTWARD BETWEEN JAMAICA AND EASTERN CUBA… AT 8 PM EDT…0000 UTC…THE … Continue reading →

…FAY BETWEEN CUBA AND HAITI… VITALS as of 4 p.m. CDT LOCATION…Latitude 19.3N Longitude 75.2W or 100 miles south of Guantanamo Cuba MOVEMENT…W 16 TOP WINDS…40 mph CENTRAL PRESSURE…1006 mb Two Air Force planes are investigating Tropical Storm Fay at … Continue reading →