Tropical Storm Fay's 5PM Forecast still take it into the Southwestern coast of Florida as a Strong Tropical Storm or minimal hurricane, there remains some deviation on exactly where and how strong, but the bottom line is that tonight and tomorrow will be nasty here in Florida, late tomorrow afternoon will the "worst" for Central Florida.
It appears that Fay is fighting some shear and dry air, and that is keeping it from strengthening too much, but Fay is still gaining strength.
We have a few discussion threads going on Fay, if you would like to discuss Fay's possible impact on Florida, check out here, if you want to let people what you think, or have a gut feeling, or want to shoot the breeze on Fay do that in the Fay forecast Lounge Want to let us know about conditions in your area, any closings, notices, or evacuations, let pass it along in this area. This is done to attempt more order during the flood of information (both good and bad) that will come over the next few days. The main comments are usually for discussion of what the storm is doing now, or will likely be short term.
Elsewhere in the tropics a wave in the central Atlantic (94L) may become a depression in the next few days.
Original Update Tropical Storm Fay is gaining strength approaching the Florida Peninsula, it is now approaching the Keys.
Please pay attention to local media and officials in your area as the storm approaches. As of 2PM Fay is still a Tropical Storm. For state information, check out the local NWS advisories on the top of the main page and Floridadisaster.org.