{"id":405287,"date":"2026-09-20T10:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405287\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:54:10","slug":"tracking-the-tropics-tropical-storm-fay-expected-to-fizzle-by-mid-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405287\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the tropics: Tropical Storm Fay expected to fizzle by mid-week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GMPLNQHGW5ERRKQFZ3DZUAA5CI.png\"\/>TS Fay Sun AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The center of Tropical Storm Fay was located near latitude 33.7 North, longitude 33.1 West. Fay is moving toward the north-northeast near 5 mph (7 km\/h), and this general motion is expected for about another day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">A turn to the southwest is expected on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 45 mph (75 km\/h) with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is expected over the next day or so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km)from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1004 mb (29.65 inches).<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorMichelle McCormick headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789901650_649_e92e2df8-a7df-478c-8b60-eeedb305c74e.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/MMcCormick\/\" title=\"View Michelle McCormick&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle McCormick<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Michelle McCormick joined News4Jax in December 2023 and in February 2024, she happily accepted the opportunity to officially join the News4Jax Weather Authority team as the weekend morning meteorologist. She is a member of both the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect TS Fay Sun AM The center of Tropical Storm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,1455,221],"class_list":["post-405287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-tropics","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}