Now that hurricane season is about to peak we are seeing a bit of activity. Currently we have FAY which is now coming over Cuba and into the Florida Straits (as of 18 Aug 0900 ET-1400Z). What fun. Fay isn’t expected to do too much harm although in the current forecast track we will get the brunt of it since the right-forward quadrant usually holds the worse weather.
There are a number of areas in the eastern Atlantic that forecasters are monitoring and the water temperatures at the National Data Buoy Center are in the mid-80’s. Nice temps for hurricanes.
As for FAY…the winds are on the increase and the pressure is on the decrease at the Sand Key Station. The buoys are fun to watch. I saw the highest wave height ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico by a buoy when Ivan came by and hit west of Pensacola in 2004 - somewhere in the neighborhood of 45′.
Weather - it is SO much fun.
UPDATE - they put a “floater” over an area (94L) of disturbed weather in the Atlantic. Fay seems to be a bit ragged after going ashore in Cuba. Two main areas of convection - one hitting the Bahamas and the other still over Cuba. Circulation looks to still be moving N-NW. Have to see how much FAY is able to re-organize in the time over the Florida Straits today.
JP
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