Monday, August 18, 2008

Go Away Fay!

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From http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ the following is the 2pm bulletin - updated next at 5pm

AT 2 PM EDT...TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE24.3 DEGREES NORTH...81.6 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHOF FORT MYERS...AND ABOUT 260 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA. FAYIS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUMSUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE MINIMUMCENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERAIRCRAFT WAS 1002 MB...OR 29.59 INCHES. FAY IS FORECAST TO MAKELANDFALL IN SOUTHWEST OR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON TUESDAY AS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE.

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