After a record-breaking early sixth-named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season which ended with a landfalling tropical cyclone on the New Jersey Shore, the Atlantic is quiet again in Tropical Storm Fay’s wake. In the latest Tropical Outlook from the Miami, Florida – based National Hurricane Center, no tropical cyclones of any kind are expected […]
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Tropical Storm Fay Landfalls Near LBI, NJ
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall today near Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The center of circulation passed near Beach Haven and moved north and west towards Little Egg Harbor Township in the Garden State, packing maximum sustained winds of 50 mph as it did so. The last tropical storm to strike New Jersey was Tropical […]
Fay Intensifies; Warnings Expanded
The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida says Tropical Storm Fay has intensified, requiring them to extend Tropical Storm Warnings south. A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for Fenwick Island, Delaware to Watch Hill, Rhode Island including Long Island and Long Island Sound. The Tropical Storm Warning now includes southern Delaware Bay. This […]
Tropical Storm Warnings issued for New Jersey, New York, Connecticut
The National Hurricane Center has issued Tropical Storm Warnings ahead of Tropical Storm Fay for portions of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. Specifically, a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Cape May, New Jersey to Watch Hill, Rhode Island, including all of Long Island and Long Island Sound. A Tropical Storm Warning means […]
Tropical Storm Fay Forms
Tropical Storm Fay has formed just east of the North Carolina Coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida will initiate advisories for this new storm at 5pm ET today. The formation of the 6th storm of the season, given an “F” name by the National Hurricane Center, typically occurs later in the season. Today’s […]
90% Chance of Tropical Cyclone Formation
The National Hurricane Center has just issued an updated Tropical Outlook for this afternoon, saying there is now a 90% chance that a tropical cyclone will form off the Mid Atlantic coast later today or tonight. If this system becomes a named storm, it would be called “Fay” and would break records in the Atlantic […]