chase 22
(Weather Hobbyist)
Sun Aug 17 2008 02:49 AM
Re: Just a couple of quick notes...

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I didnt see any model that showed Fay stalled out up to 36hrs near Key West...infact it will probably speed up some once it gets north of Key west...but then again we dont know forsure about where it will be until it turns NNW.




Yeah, I don't see the 36 hr stall either, and according to the 2am advisory, she has started her turn...

One thing that I have noticed is the weather we are having in Tampa. It is incredibly calm and very, very humid. The winds have been out of the South for most of the day, and then at around 6pm, they shifted to the North. On another note, the schools here in Tampa are scheduled to open on Monday. The school board will be meeting early this morning to decide whether or not to push the date back, and will make their decision by 11am.

Tampa International Airport and the airline that I work for have also gone into alert mode and will more than likely be going into a full storm activation mode by tonight which means that, if the current forecast is still the same by tonight at 11pm, the airlines will more than likely start canceling flights. So if you have any travel plans into or out of Florida in the next few days, I would definitely be watching this. This is meant to be informative and not meant to make anybody nervous. Just pretty please don't be one of those people (and we all know them) that just say "ahhh it's not gonna hit us. We've NEVER been hit by one. I'm not worried."

Like I said before, it's better to be safe than sorry.



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