According to internal reports from the U.S. Navy and the NHC, Tropical Cyclone Fay has formed. We expect an official 5-day cone at the 5pm EDT report from the National Hurricane Center.
Models continue to suggest that Fay will emerge into the Gulf of Mexico with the potential to become a major hurricane. At the early juncture, wild speculation could put Fay anywhere from Mississippi to the Florida coast line. New models are being ran, and I’ll have more information later today.
The NHC headers are:
293
WHXX01 KWBC 152000
CHGHUR
TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE MESSAGE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2000 UTC FRI AUG 15 2008
DISCLAIMER…NUMERICAL MODELS ARE SUBJECT TO LARGE ERRORS.
PLEASE REFER TO NHC OFFICIAL FORECASTS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE
AND SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION.
ATLANTIC OBJECTIVE AIDS FOR
TROPICAL CYCLONE FAY (AL062008) 20080815 1800 UTC