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CrazyC83 wrote:Ike's TCR was recently updated (I just noticed it).
Damage increased to $28.2B total and 4 of the missing have been found alive. Best track was also adjusted slightly in and around Cuba.
After passing north of Key West over the warm waters of Florida Bay, data from land-based Doppler radars and reconnaissance aircraft indicated Fay was becoming better organized as the vertical wind shear began to decrease. The storm made landfall along the southwestern Florida coast between Cape Romano and Everglades City at 0845 UTC 19 August with 55 kt winds. Shortly after landfall, a well-defined eye feature developed in both satellite and radar imagery, possibly due to the decreasing wind shear and increasing low-level frictional convergence. Despite land interaction over South Florida, Fay strengthened slightly and it is estimated that its peak intensity of 60 kt was achieved around 1800 UTC that same day when the center was near the western end of Lake Okeechobee. The eye feature remained apparent in radar imagery (Fig. 4) from 0929 UTC 19 August until 0212 UTC 20 August. Thereafter, Fay steadily weakened until the center reached the Atlantic waters off the east-central Florida coast late that day.
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