First, to answer a question from a reader about other disturbed weather areas. Besides Fay, there is an area of disturbed weather which has formed 600 miles WSW of the Cape Verde Islands. Slow development is possible over the next couple of days as it moves west about 15.
We will have another Advisory around 1:00 p.m. Alabama time, but here is a roundup of actual reports of that region of the country. Most of these observations were made at 1:00 p.m. EDT or 12:00 Noon Alabama time.
Ft. Myers…cloudy, wind east 14
Flamingo…wind NE 13, gusts 22
Miami…heavy rain, light wind at only 3 mph
Marathon…heavy rain, wind east 21, gusts 32
Key West International…heavy rain, wind NE 29, gusts 39
Mid Gulf Buoy…light wind, only 2-foot waves, sea surface temperature 85
East Gulf Buoy…sea surface temperature 85, wind NW gusting to near 20
Apalachicola Buoy…sea surface temperautre 84, wind east at 3
Orlando…partly sunny, wind east 7
Daytona Beach…mostly cloudy, variable wind about 5 mph
St. Petersburg…partly sunny, wind NE 8
Punta Gorda…cloudy, wind east 12
Long Key…sea surface temperature 84, wind east 28, gusts 34
Sombrero Key…wind east 43, gusts 46
West Palm Beach…heavy rain, wind east 7
The National Weather Service in Key West issued two Tornado Warnings late this morning and earlier Miami issued one.
