Post by NHC Olney Maryland on Aug 15, 2008 11:39:43 GMT -5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FAY ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL/OLNEY MD AL062008
0200 AM AST AUG 15 2008
...TROPICAL STORM FAY SLOWLY GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED...
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 0200 AM ...0500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.2 WEST OR ABOUT 25
MILES...80 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ANGUILLA AND
ABOUT 100 MILES...200 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR .
THE TROPICAL STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...10 KM/HR...AND
A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 55 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1005 MB...29.65 INCHES.
TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW.
THE TROPICAL STORM FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES. ONCE THE SYSTEM
MOVES OVER NORTHERN HISPANOLA ...TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE DOMMINICAN REPUBLIC
REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...18.5 N...64.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...55 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HURRICANE CENTER AT 500
AM FOLLOWED BY AN INERMEDEATE ADVISORY AT 800 AM AST.
TROPICAL STORM FAY ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL/OLNEY MD AL062008
0200 AM AST AUG 15 2008
...TROPICAL STORM FAY SLOWLY GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED...
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 0200 AM ...0500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.2 WEST OR ABOUT 25
MILES...80 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ANGUILLA AND
ABOUT 100 MILES...200 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR .
THE TROPICAL STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...10 KM/HR...AND
A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 55 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1005 MB...29.65 INCHES.
TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW.
THE TROPICAL STORM FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES. ONCE THE SYSTEM
MOVES OVER NORTHERN HISPANOLA ...TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE DOMMINICAN REPUBLIC
REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...18.5 N...64.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...55 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HURRICANE CENTER AT 500
AM FOLLOWED BY AN INERMEDEATE ADVISORY AT 800 AM AST.