Finally Fay Forms...

After tracking a weak area of low pressure in the northern Gulf last weekend that moved inland across Georgia & the Carolinas, Tropical Storm Fay was named late this afternoon.

It sure doesn't look like much on Satellite loops, but the recon flight found strong winds (40+) east of the center well offshore.  Fay will not have a lot of time to strengthen, but since it's moving over the warm Gulf stream, it could give Long Island quite a wallop. 

The NHC's centerline track takes it right over New York City Friday night into Saturday.  I'm sure we'll see several reporters right on the beach or some fishing pier with waves crashing down around her/him.  As mentioned in a previous post, this is the earliest date for the 6th name storm.

Locally, the only story is, and will be, the HEAT as all storms were well north of us with the nearest shower inland from Destin. Today's high of 97 just missed tying the record of 98 last set in 1995.  We'll be flirting with records through the weekend.   Kind of a neat feature...look closely at the last graphic and you'll see the cloud shadows from the tall storms to our north.  The shadow shows up just NE of SHV in Louisiana.