ORLANDO, Fla. — The same low-pressure area that moved over northern Florida and Georgia emerged over the Atlantic waters just off the coast of South Carolina on Wednesday and it has become better organized. Hurricane hunters investigated the system today and measured maximum sustained winds of at least 45 mph, officially making it Tropical Storm Fay.
The current track has Fay making landfall very late on Friday in near New Jersey or New York. It will continue moving northward producing heave rainfall along the northeast and the New England area. Between 3 to 5 inches of rain is expected along the Mid-Atlantic states and the tristate area through the weekend. Flash Floods may occur.
The coast of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut are under a tropical storm warning. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions will arrive within 36 hours.
Tropical Fay becomes the earliest 6th (SIXTH) named storm recorded.
— Irene Sans (@IreneSans) July 9, 2020
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HOW’S THE REST OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN?
The rest of the basin is quiet. There is another plume of thick Saharan dust exiting African which has reached the Lesser Antilles and will continue to move westward. Saharan dust suppresses tropical storm formation. We expect the Atlantic and Caribbean regions to remain quiet for the rest of the week and into the weekend.
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Read: Forecasters highly confident about an active 2020 Hurricane Season
Nota en español: Temporada de Huracanes 2020: Pronosticadores altamente confiados en una temporada activa
Entérese del pronóstico del tiempo, en español, por nuestra meteoróloga Irene Sans
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