Tropical Storm Fay

NOAA/NHC ^ | 15 August 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Hi Nauti!
Keeping a watchful eye on this storm from Jacksonville. and keeping the prayers up for all of us who live in hurricane country.

[Old Professer]

Way back before you know who made corporal, I was in the ANG with a guy named Fay Kay Ray; he swore one day he was gonna get his mama back.

[NautiNurse]

[LadyPilgrim]

Thank you for the ping, dear one!
Maybe some of these storms will at least drop some rain here in my area! I hope, I hope! ;-))

[nwctwx]

It was initialized as Fay on the models around 4pm, which is always a precursor to NHC naming a system.

[NautiNurse]

I only read Dr. Masters’ blog. None of the comments.

[Red Badger]

Why do people doom their children with such ignominious names?.....................

[nwctwx]

the model tracks have consistently gone west over the last day or two. i would not be surprised if this spends much less time overland than this track would suggest - and it ultimately ends up being further west in the gulf of mexico.

[milwguy]

Yep...been watching this since monday and was surprised more attention was not paid. I don’t like the track it is on or the way it has developed since yesterday. Starting to look more and more organized.

[Old Professer]

Same reason they eat pickles and ice cream...

[abb]

I only read Dr. Masters’ blog. None of the comments.

That's a good thing, I think. I should probably stop reading all the blog commentary. It's like dozens of Joe Bastardis all talking at once.

[Old Professer]

Shear?

[nwctwx]

The NHC has become wishcasters instead of forecasters.

there is a low level circulation, and there are a whole bunch of public products that come out of classifying a storm. this is now possibly well within 5 days of being a threat to the U.S. and a very small deviation to the left of expected track can have massive implications on intensity. no reason not to start getting people tuned in.

[abb]

I think the NHC caved to pressure from the TV weather types. They skipped the TD stage altogether. Just my opinion only.

[Jacquerie]

I stopped reading Master's wx blog a couple years ago after he posted a stark raving mad moonbat blog on President Bush that would have made a code pinko blush.

I wish academicians would stick to their field of expertise. I won't put advertising $ in his pocket by visiting his site.

[Elle Bee]

looks like some weather for the Keys

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[abb]

I must acknowledge too that as I get older I get more cynical about everything government. Even the NHC.

[Islander7]

No correction needed. I checked the NHC website. There was nothing there to indicate your posting as correct. Guess you have ‘inside’ info that is ahead of their website updates.

[nwctwx]

not yet, the storm is basically rounding the base of a high pressure to its north. outflow has been stunning for a non-named storm last day or so. if it wasn’t over land right now it could really be getting its act together since a surface reflection of the circulation finally formed.

[nwctwx]

There’s really not much difference between a wave and a 40mph storm in the end. There was a circulation on radar as well as indicated by recon, so I would tend to side with this call.