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Updated · FOX 13 Tampa · Sep 19
Tropical Depression Six May Become Fay With 35 mph Winds as Shear Limits Atlantic Threat
Updated
Updated · FOX 13 Tampa · Sep 19

Tropical Depression Six May Become Fay With 35 mph Winds as Shear Limits Atlantic Threat

3 articles · Updated · FOX 13 Tampa · Sep 19

Summary

  • National Hurricane Center forecasters say Tropical Depression Six could briefly strengthen into Tropical Storm Fay after organizing rapidly a few hundred miles southwest of the Azores.
  • 35 mph maximum sustained winds and a slow track over open water support near-term development, but intense wind shear and other unfavorable conditions are expected to weaken the system early next week.
  • No land impacts are expected, and officials say the depression poses no threat to the U.S. mainland.
  • If named, Fay would become the sixth tropical cyclone of the Atlantic season.

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