Well Tropical Storm Fay is not following convention.
1. She picked up wind speed after she made landfall.
2. She slowed her forward movement.
3. She turned eastward from the earlier projections.
She's gunnin' fer me! Arrrgh!
Here's a quote from a local news website:
Maximum sustained winds were near 65 mph, with higher gusts. Some fluctuations in strength are likely as Fay moves inland over the state.
"We had a wind gust of 78 mph at Moore Haven, which is above hurricane-force, so here comes Fay onshore, you think it's going to weaken, the pressure dropped right before landfall, and just after landfall, so now we're seeing that momentum coming down to the surface, with those winds really picking up in those heavy squalls south of our area," WESH 2 Weather Plus meteorologist Jason Brewer said.
Tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 115 miles from the center.
The lights just flickered a few minutes ago and the fluctuation knocked out an 850MB download. Grrrr!
Here's what it looks like here right now:
No storm-like conditions yet, just some scattered rain.
The big problem will be as she rips up the center of the state south of us, she's gonna down a bunch of trees and those trees will bring down power lines, and the power grid will be affected.
We may see an outage after all.
1. She picked up wind speed after she made landfall.
2. She slowed her forward movement.
3. She turned eastward from the earlier projections.
She's gunnin' fer me! Arrrgh!
Here's a quote from a local news website:
Maximum sustained winds were near 65 mph, with higher gusts. Some fluctuations in strength are likely as Fay moves inland over the state.
"We had a wind gust of 78 mph at Moore Haven, which is above hurricane-force, so here comes Fay onshore, you think it's going to weaken, the pressure dropped right before landfall, and just after landfall, so now we're seeing that momentum coming down to the surface, with those winds really picking up in those heavy squalls south of our area," WESH 2 Weather Plus meteorologist Jason Brewer said.
Tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 115 miles from the center.
The lights just flickered a few minutes ago and the fluctuation knocked out an 850MB download. Grrrr!
Here's what it looks like here right now:
No storm-like conditions yet, just some scattered rain.
The big problem will be as she rips up the center of the state south of us, she's gonna down a bunch of trees and those trees will bring down power lines, and the power grid will be affected.
We may see an outage after all.