Building an Ark

Overnight, Tropical Storm Fay made it to the east coast near Sebastian, then decided to turn left and parallel the coast. The Weather Service office in Melbourne reported the center passed over their office at 2:45 AM, and I've heard other unofficial reports similar to this around 4:15 in the Suntree area.

My raingauge remains broken, but I've heard reports of 15 inch rainfall storm totals in North Melbourne. The flooding here isn't terribly bad, it's much worse in other parts of the area, but I'd still like it to stop raining soon for no other reason than the dog needs a nice long walk.

At 8 AM this morning, Fay was located at Cape Canaveral, moving not fast enough at 5 MPH toward the north. Wind speeds are down to 45 MPH and the pressure has risen to 994 mb.

The forecast track has Fay running parallel to the coast and recurving back to the west just north of Daytona as a tropical storm--some increase in strength is forecast, but Fay isn't expected to become a hurricane before landfall. From Daytona, Fay heads straight for Tallahassee.

Currently there's a large shield of rain from North Melbourne south to Ft Pierce, that I fear might move toward the north with Fay. If so, the rain is unlikely to end here for the rest of the day.