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Tropical Storm Fay is still poking along and will be around for the next few days. She'll make a second landfall around Jacksonville, FL. TROPICAL STORM FAY ADVISORY NUMBER 19 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008 500 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008 ...FAY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING EXTENDED NORTHWARD... AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF JUPITER INLET FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF ALTAMAHA SOUND TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.6 WEST OR VERY NEAR MELBOURNE FLORIDA AND ABOUT 15 MILES... 20 KM...SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AND FAY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN NEAR OR OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST THROUGH THURSDAY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MOSTLY OVER WATER WELL TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. SOME GRADUAL RESTRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS BEFORE FAY MOVES BACK INLAND OVER NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA ON THURSDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...WITH MAXIMUM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF FAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA. .gif) TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL NOT GO BACK OUT TO SEA... .gif) High pressure off the Middle Atlantic coast on Thursday will prevent Fay from taking a more common track up the Eastern Seaboard or out to sea. As Fay moves off the east coast of Florida today it will begin to feel the effects of the blocking high from the northwest and will just drift toward the north. By Thursday, the clockwise steering flow around the high will direct Fay back toward the Southeast coast, somewhere between northeastern Florida and southern South Carolina.
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