Fay Barely Moving; Winds and Rain Continue

After being nearly stationary through this morning, Tropical Storm Fay is now gradually beginning to move west northwest at 2 mph. At 2 pm, the center was starting to cross the Florida coast near Flagler Beach. Maximum winds are still 60 mph, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 150 miles, but mostly east of the center. St. Augustine recently had a wind gust up to 56 mph, however.

Very heavy rains continue with the storm. Some rainfall amounts reported through this morning by the National Weather Service include:

OFFICIAL NWS ASOS SITES. STORM TOTALS AS OF 430 AM 8/21/08

MELBOURNE (MLB): 14.06
FT. PIERCE (FPR): 11.46
VERO BEACH (VRB): 10.04
SANFORD (SFB): 5.66
DAYTONA BEACH (DAB): 4.98
ORLANDO (MCO): 4.15

MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE: 18.21

CAPE CANAVERAL (USAF, SOUTH CAPE): 20.03 (THROUGH 5 AM 08/21/08)

UNOFFICIAL PUBLIC OBSERVATIONS
MELBOURNE/WINDOVER FARMS (THROUGH 5 AM 8/21/08): 26.20
SEBASTIAN (SCRIPPS SPACE COAST REPORT THROUGH 3 PM 08/20/08): 18.50
VIERA (THROUGH 2 PM 8/20/08): 18.42

COCORAHS OBSERVERS (3-DAY TOTALS, 08/18/08-08/20/08):
PALM SHORES 1.4 W (FL-BV-2): 19.67
PALM SHORES 4.3 NNW (FL-BV-20): 14.78
HOBE SOUND 3.9 NW (FL-MT-5): 13.84
MELBOURNE 7.0 NW (FL-BV-220: 13.67
JENSEN BEACH 0.6 SW (FL-MT-6): 12.95
MELBOURNE BEACH 3.9 SSE (FL-BV-11): 11.72
MELBOURNE 1.1 N (FL-BV-6): 11.57
PORT ST. LUCIE 1.7 WSW (FL-SL-3): 11.52
PALM SHORES 2.9 NW (FL-BV-16): 11.17
STUART 3.7 SW (FL-MT-7): 11.05
MALABAR 2.9 NNW (FL-BV-9): 10.48
FT. PIERCE 2.8 SSE (FL-SL-5): 8.98
MICCO 4.5 NW (FL-BV-7): 8.75
PALM BAY 2.6 SSE (FL-BV-1): 7.31
ROCKLEDGE 1.1 WSW (FL-BV-13): 5.95
COCOA 2.6 WNW (FL-BV-23): 5.72
COCOA 5.8 NW (FL-BV-21): 4.75

OTHER UNOFFICAL REPORTS
MERRITT ISLAND 8S HWY 520 (KFLMERRI16): 17.50
MERRITT ISLAND 3S HWY 520 (KFLSMERR1): 12.09

NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS (24-HR TOTALS ONLY ENDING 8 AM 08/20/08)
STUART 13.89 (8 AM 8/19/08 THROUGH 3 PM 8/20/08)
FORT PIERCE 13.37
NETTLES ISLAND 12.15
VERO BEACH 8.91
PALM BAY 7.74
KISSIMMEE 2.85
DELAND 2.70
WINDERMERE 2.51
SCOTTSMOOR 1.62
PLYMOUTH 1.56
SANFORD 1.53

Image: estimated 24-hr. precipitation from The Weather Channel.