10 PM CDT FAST FACTS ON BARRY
LOCATION: Latitude 24.7 N…Longitude 84.9 W…or 270 miles SW of Tampa.
MOVEMENT: NNE 9
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 mph
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…997 MB.
The convection associated with Barry is being blown to the northeast away from the center. The center is meandering northeast. It will reach the coast tomorrow afternoon. But the heavy weather will affect land well before the center nears the coast.
The tropical storm will continue to slowly weaken as the effects of strong wind shear and cooler waters take their toll on Barry.
It will lose its tropical characteristics during the next 24 hours and be absorbed by a large extratropical low, tracking along the East Coast through late Monday.
It will move NNE and make landfall most likely in the Florida Big Bend region tomorrow afternoon.
Extremely beneficial rains are falling across much of the Florida Peninsula with quite a bit more to come. 3-6 inch storm toatsl will be common with some ten inch amounts possible. This rain area will extend up into southern Georgia, where it has been a beautiful sight all evening to watch rains edging into Ware County, where Waycross is located and where the worst wildfire has been.
