Fay, 200 miles or so to our south, is battering Florida with over 30 inches of rain in just two days.  We’re seeing bands of rain with gusty winds around 25 to 35 mph, and we’re that far away!

This just shows you the power of tropical weather systems.  We’ll see this on shore flow with those embedded heavy rain squalls with the gusty winds through tomorrow as Fay begins to move west in North Florida.  We’ve seen some power outages and can expect some isolated outages through tomorrow as well.

We have a high surf advisory and lake wind advisory in effect along with a gale warning for the harbor and coastal waters.  Bottom line, gusty weather continues through Friday and until Fay weakens and the pressure gradient weakens here.  Beach erosion is also a big factor and rip currents with 8 foot waves coming up from the south.

We’ll continue to monitor Fay here in the Storm Center and have all the new information at 5, 6, 7 and 11.

Enjoyed lunch with the Air Force Reserve Public Affairs team today as we get ready to move into fall.  Busy times for the Air Force and all of us active reservists.

If Fay stays well to the south, I’m going to take the day off and head to my sister’s house in North Carolina with the kids for the weekend.  So far, kids and school are doing well and I’m proud of our new 5th and 7th graders.  Janet keeps track of our morning commute from The Wolf (96.9 FM) and it’s starting to smooth out.  Little brother coming along to North Carolina as he hooks up with a ride from there to New York City where he will be a City University of New York Fellow this coming semester.  I’m very proud of him and look forward to his graduation from law school in a few years. 

That’s about it for now.  If Fay comes more north, I’ll be here tomorrow, but if it’s the same and moving west with no threat, Scott will have the con and I’ll be back on Monday.  We hope you join us for tonight’s early broadcasts and return for a new Fay update before you turn in at 11.

Have a great weekend!

Bill

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