Well, as of supper time, Fay had entered water and was a little stronger. The main threat from Fay still appears to be flooding, which was our concern to begin with. Footage and pictures sent in today showed Melbourne with several feet of water on the streets and with rain bands still curling through the state of Florida, the flooding threat is nowhere near over. Moving slowly, Fay appears to be almost stationary but we should see her begin to move toward the Northwest/West-Northwest and we will see her move across Northern Florida tomorrow.
As the hurricanes keep coming and we keep an eye on Fay and also the next disturbance out in the water, it makes me miss the days of surfing tropical storm waves.
Now, while there are not many Nebraskans that worry or wonder about coastal climate, there is a large number of us that visit the coastal States on vacation and many more of us with relatives down south. We always get excited when a new thing comes out that promotes disaster preparedness and safety and so we are excited today!
NOAA has created one of their coolest sites! Just a few days ago we got to see the new Southeast Marine Weather Internet Portal. This site offers kind-of a “one-stop-shopping experience” for anyone interested in marine weather forecasts, real-time coastal wind and water conditions for the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Alabama!
The portal is the result of a two-year $579,546 NOAA-funded project implemented within the Southeast coastal Observing Regional Association through the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. The portal is an experimental online product developed in cooperation with NOAA’s National Weather Service and the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).
The site is simple to use and very handy whether you are on vacation, watching the hurricanes, planning a trip south or hoping to catch some waves.
NOAA IOOS Program Director Zdenka Willis said that the site is for the purpose of supplying people with “everything they might need to know to make smart decisions”.
You can check out the new site at http://forecast.weather.gov/mwp and start tracking!
More Fay updates tomorrow and maybe a reason to start the chase vehicles later this week?
