Monday Morning 6:30am update 8/25/2008
Tropical Depression Fay continues to move toward our region. We will receive a significant rainfall through Tuesday. We will be tracking any chance of flash flooding during that time. Drier weather will move in on Wednesday.

-Meteorologist Bill Race

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Saturday Update…Fay soaking the Panhandle, North Georgia to Have Some Showers Today!

Fay is moving westward along the Florida Panhandle and is soaking that region along with south Georgia and Alabama. Locally, we should begin to see some cloud cover through the afternoon Saturday. Our north Georgia viewing area can expect some periodic showers today and tonight as the circulation around Fay spins to our south. This chance of scattered showers can still be expected tonight over north Georgia and Alabama. As Fay passes farther west to the MS/AL coast Sunday, a few showers will still be possible Sunday in our local region of Georgia and Alabama. By Sunday night and Monday, the southerly circulation from Fay might finally send a little more moisture over our local region including Tennessee. These means that scattered showers will be possible Sunday night and Monday. We will continue to monitor the chances for showers locally for Monday night and Tuesday. So, as we have mentioned in the blog all week, the Monday through Wednesday time period would be the best chance to see rain and it may finally come to pass. With a 9 inch rainfall deficit for the year, we need every drop!!!!

David Glenn
Storm Track 9 Chief Meteorologist

Fay Advisory:
AT 400 PM CDT…2100Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.6 NORTH…LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES…
175 KM…EAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA AND ABOUT 55 MILES… 85 KM…EAST
OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH…11 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK…FAY WILL BE MOVING OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TONIGHT…AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH…75 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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David Glenn
Storm Track 9 Chief Meteorologist

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