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Last update - August 20, 2008 - 6amAST/EDT TS Fay, 94L
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TROPICAL STORM FAY
080820-0300 Advisory #19 - 28.2N 80.6W, motion 360 degrees @ 4kt, wind 45kt gusts to 55kt, pressure 993mb.   

Various weather hazard warnings and watches are in effect across Florida; please refer to latest public advisory and local NWS office for details. 
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CURRENT FORECAST COORDINATES
Mariner's 1-2-3 Rule Avoidance Area
Mariners read here the 123 Rule
Model Plots
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Currently under observation:
Note on "invests" - these are areas of interest which justify observation for possible future development. Model runs on these areas are speculative, and are included only for the interest of the viewers. They are used for interpretive purposes by NWS, and not to be considered a forecast track.
94L.INVEST
 20 Aug 00z position 12.7N 38.4W, motion 270 degrees @6kt, wind 25kt, pressure 1007mb.    No 06z model init position; NHC model at 0z shows it dissipated in 12 hours at 12.8N 39.9W, so not sure we'll see one (6z for Fay posted 4 hrs ago).
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TROPICAL CYCLONE CLASSIFICATIONS


Tropical Depression (numbered)
     20 - 34 knots
Tropical Storm (named)
     35 - 64 knots
Hurricane (named)
     65 knots or higher

Saffir-Simpson Scale
Category Wind - KTS Wind - MPH Pressure - MB
1  65 -  82  74 -  95 > 980
2  83 -  95  96 - 110 965 - 979
3  96 - 113 111 - 130 945 - 964
4 114 - 135 131 - 155 920 - 944
5 > 135 > 155 < 920

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TRANSLATIONS FOR ACRONYMS

EUMETSAT - European Meteorological Satellite Organisation
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FNMOC - Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanograph Center US Navy
GHCC - Global Hydrology and Climate Center NASA
HPC - Hydrometeriological Prediction Center
IWIN - Interactive Weather Information Service
NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite, Data, & Information Service
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRL - Naval Research Laboratory
NWS - National Weather Service
OSDPD - Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
SPC - Storm Prediction Center, Norman OK
SSD - Satellite Services Division
TPC - Tropical Prediction Center, Coral Gables FL
(also NHC - National Hurricane Center)
NWS - National Weather Service

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... about TIME

Most weather info is presented in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time),
also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) or represented simply with a "z" for Zulu.
To figure out what time a photo was made, use the following table:


Atlantic Std/Eastern Daylight
   subtract 4 hours from UTC
Eastern Std/Central Daylight 
   subtract 5 hours from UTC
Central Std/Mountain Daylight 
   subtract 6 hours from UTC
Mountain Std/Pacific Daylight 
   subtract 7 hours from UTC
Pacific Standard 
   subtract 8 hours from UTC

If you want to get the current, accurate time in both your time zone and UTC,
try this nifty link to a java version of the NIST Atomic Clock

Time zone converter - what time is it in (you choose)?


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