On Panama City Beach, we saw wind gusts up to 26 mph, and a storm surge of around 3 feet, but that’s really about it. We didn’t even get that much rain. At Pier Park yesterday morning, the water was covering the beach about 50% more than it usually does, and the waves were probably 6 to 8 feet, but everything died down quite a bit by evening.
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As reported by Weather.com at 7:40 am:
The center of Tropical Storm Fay appears close to emerging off the west coast of Haiti. Maximum sustained winds are estimated at 45 mph, mainly near coastal areas. Late last night, a sustained wind of 40 mph was measured on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic.
From Weather.com:
As of 8pm EDT, Tropical Storm Dolly was located about 405 miles east-southeast of Brownsville, Texas with maximum sustained winds near 50 mph. It is moving to the west at 16 mph.
Tropical Storm Dolly has spent the majority of the day over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico but it struggled mightily to organize and intensify.
With a favorable atmospheric environment in place and Gulf of Mexico water temperatures near 85 degrees, Dolly was expected to strengthen throughout the day. That being said, this evening, satellite images show Dolly is finally getting its act together and thunderstorms are developing around the center of circulation.
Ok, back to work, Jason. My vacation has put me a little out of touch, but I really needed it.
The second named storm for the Atlantic Season, Tropical Storm Bertha, with winds at 65 mph, is beating up on Bermuda right now with projections leading it to the east, deep into the Atlantic by Saturday.
Tropical Storm Bertha poses no threat to the Panama City Beach area at this time.
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As the 2008 hurricane season begins, pcbdaily will provide updates as often as relevant to help keep everyone abreast of the storms brewing and how they will affect our area in Panama City Beach.
Currently Arthur is out there, but it as been downgraded to a Tropical Depression from its recent upgrade to a tropical storm. The current location is over southeast Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula. Winds are at 30mph, pressure is at 1006mb, and the storm is moving at 6 mph, SW.
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