{"id":407019,"date":"2026-09-22T09:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407019\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:26:53","slug":"tropical-storm-fay-weakens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407019\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Fay Weakens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new spot to watch near Africa<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/KCRZPXK7PVBD7L55M65B2KLNIM.png\"\/>. (.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The center of Tropical Storm Fay was located near latitude 33.1 North, longitude 32.2 West. Fay is moving toward the south-southwest near 3 mph and a gradual turn toward the southwest and west is expected during the next few days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 45 mph with higher gusts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Fay is likely to degenerate into a post-tropical remnant low by late Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles from the center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The estimated minimum central pressure is 1004 mb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/U5CKU5JSXBGVRLFFEJSSBUO67M.png\"\/>. (.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In the far Eastern Tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave is forecast to move off western Africa by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Development of this system should be slow to occur while it moves near the Cabo Verde Islands later this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The formation chance through 48 hours is 0 percent and the formation chance through 7 days is 30 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorRichard Nunn headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9260c42c-fa79-45c9-9c28-311264344457.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/LJBCAUIHDVFJTBA7CSHWLEUMVI\/\" title=\"View Richard Nunn&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Nunn<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Richard Nunn is the Weather Authority Chief Meteorologist <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new spot to watch near Africa . (.) The center of Tropical Storm Fay was located near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,1455,221],"class_list":["post-407019","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\/407019","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=407019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}