ATL: Tropical Depression Fay

[CronkPSU]

So why cant the NHC in all the conference calls tell local officials to stay open dont evacuate and keep schools open if they are so accurate??? The local EOC;s take there word as God and I am on the inside so I know what i am talkin about

no idea why I am feeding the troll but why in the world would you want people to be stuck in cars with flash flooding going on, power lines crashing, branches and trees falling all around..and that is just from the 40+ mph winds which do extend out over 100 miles....I am just north of Orlando and I am sure glad my child isn't going out on the bus in those conditions

[Extratropical1]

As a member of an EOC team

[sfwx]

Ok I do not understand how the nws is forcasting winds sustained at 34mph gusting to 50 for Boca when there is not even a breeze here... when is this wind going to start?

According to this chart, it is suppose to start after midnight.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... =graphical

[SWFLA_CANE]

OK, doing what?

[fci]

When you consider that it's for the safety of the children it's not a bad idea. If they wait until the morning to cancel you have 1000's of parents looking to find someone to watch their kids if the parent still is required to go to work. I know here that the daycares follow the public schools decision on weather days and may do the same thing in palm beach.

We've had flooding rains here and they let school off too late. We had to go pick up our kids at school that day and my kids were in a private school across town. I had to drive in water past my car door to get my kids.

Oh, I know you are all correct in agreeing with the PBC decision to close schools tomorrow.
What if the winds DID hit 50 and a bus careened off the road or something similarly horrible (g-d forbid) happened?
The PBC School Board would be taken to task for keeping the schools open and we parents would be incredulous.

Better to be safe especially so early in the year so that there are ample make up days available.

I just have this strong feeling that the weather will be quite benign tomorrow and we will laugh at the schools being closed.
But I admit that I am wrong in protesting the decision.

[RL3AO]

Looks like its trying to wrap around again.

[Scorpion]

So can we call it a gentlemen's bet if not? I'm just waiting to see if the wind gets enoguh to push our floating rafts out of the pool.. the inner tube did come out around 7.

The most I've received is a 20 mph gust and I'm still confident I will get TS sustained winds here.

[Stangfriik]

So why cant the NHC in all the conference calls tell local officials to stay open dont evacuate and keep schools open if they are so accurate??? The local EOC;s take there word as God and I am on the inside so I know what i am talkin about

no idea why I am feeding the troll but why in the world would you want people to be stuck in cars with flash flooding going on, power lines crashing, branches and trees falling all around..and that is just from the 40+ mph winds which do extend out over 100 miles....I am just north of Orlando and I am sure glad my child isn't going out on the bus in those conditions

heh I grew up in APK

[DESTRUCTION5]

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Unofficially I call landfall in the Everglades near or just SE of Everglades City...that's about 75 miles ESE of Naples

Too late..Made landfall in Key West Earlier..LOL

[gatorcane]

Key West of course.....first

then Everglades City or so (about 60 miles ESE of Naples or so)

[NEXRAD]

During the past 30 minutes scattered to numerous cells have begun to develop northeast of the strong squall band that has been affecting areas from Flamingo to Marathon. Based on composite radar imagery, it looks like the developing cells will solidify into several bands or a larger convective mass over Miami-Dade county and will spread into southern Broward County during the next hour. Cells quickly developing over the Atlantic south of Miami Beach and east of Key Largo and Marathon will feed northward, potentially sustaining any convective bands that develop.

The band that moved across the Central Keys and extreme southern Miami-Dade to southern Mainland Monroe County was accompanied by sustained 30 to 45 mph winds with gusts to 60 mph. Convective trends will need to be monitored to discern whether an expansion of these winds may occur.

- Jay

[NEXRAD]

One of the newly formed cells south of I-75 in eastern Collier county is demonstrating very strong rotation.

- Jay

[gatorcane]

Jay I am seeing that also. What do you think about my prognosis of a NNE movement of Fay's center now, maybe even NE...if trends continue Fay would pass alot closer to the SE FL metro counties than originally progged.

[Sal Collaziano]

Here's a quick video I took this morning in West Palm Beach.. About 10am...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMrjroa8PFQ

[Bgator]

Im here in coconut grove, and as of about 15 minutes ago, the wind has really picked up.
You can here it now, with the wooshing sound across the building im in. I am 5 floors up though.

[expat2carib]

Extratropical1, you are looking at the half-empty part of the glass. You should be happy that because of shear, dry air, and land interaction Fay wasn't able to become a major hurricane. It's the best thing it could have happened to Florida.

Great job HURAKAN! I really appreciate people like you and the others here on S2K!

If I could change my username I would change it to SAL, dry air, land interaction supporter!

Now people are angry because they bought 10 extra gallons of water and have their annoying children at home tomorrow.

They forget that this "pathetic" storm already killed more then 10 people on it's way.

In the old Rome they were killing the messengers that brought bad news It's good you are not there in place and time

Respect

[Bgator]

Here is a video i took of fay at about 5:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6GHNgoIB98

[BigA]

I'll be darned, it STILL looks to be movinn NNW.

Has recon sampled the heavy convection to the NE of the center yet?

[tolakram]

Water Vapor loop.

I don't see that ULL anywhere.

[RL3AO]

I'll be darned, it STILL looks to be movinn NNW.

Has recon sampled the heavy convection to the NE of the center yet?

Nope.