Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Posted at 4:06 AM
Edited on: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:08 AMEye of Tropical Storm Fay moving offshore
At 3:55 AM...the center of Tropical Storm Fay was moving off the coast of Brevard county near Cocoa. Areas within the eye of the storm will see winds go calm for about 20-30 minutes. North of the eye... north to northeast winds will prevail at 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. South of the eye...south to southwest winds will prevail at 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Areas of moderate to heavy rain will occur east of the Florida turnpike.
Total rainfall from Tropical Storm Faye has exceeded 6 inches over much of the coast south of Melbourne...and over 3 inches south of a line from Titusville to Poinciana.
Posted by Matt BragawPosted at 2:59 AM
Center of Tropical Storm Fay over Melbourne
At 2:45 AM...the center of tropical storm Fay was located over Melbourne. Surface winds at the Melbourne International Airport were calm...while winds at Patrick AFB were east gusting to around 40 mph and south at Vero Beach gusting to around 35 mph.
Through 4:00 AM...the center of Fay will continue to drift to the north-northeast near 7 mph. Rainbands with wind gusts to 40 mph will affect portions of Volusia...north Lake...and northwest Orange and Seminole counties. South of the eye...winds will be out of the south-southwest at 35 to 40 mph.
Posted by Matt Bragaw