As most of you guys know, the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida is pretty much where everyone in Florida is turning today for the updated forecasts on Tropical Storm Fay. There is a slight problem though. As of 3 hours ago we began getting email reports from various Florida residents about the National Hurricane Center’s websites NHC.Noaa.gov not loading.


At first many individuals thought, “oh, since Tropical storm Fay is so close to Miami, maybe the site is being affected from power outages or such.” The problem here is that the servers running the site are not located in Miami, and the winds are only very moderate outside of Miami thus far. No reports of power outages as of yet anywhere on the East coast of Florida.

The problem is simple. The National Hurricane center’s servers are being overloaded. Strange since you would think a national government run organization would make sure they are able to maintain a site uptime at the most important times for viewers. We are happy to report that the downtime is only sporadic and is mostly just server slowdown rather then being completely down. If the site is down, then turn on your local news stations for the updates from the Hurricane center.



Stay tuned to Profiles blog for the latest on Tropical Storm fay, and all the updated graphics and predictions out of the national hurricane center. As with all storms, follow the local news stations advice carefully., and never underestimate the power of even a tropical storm should Fay not increase it’s stength too much over the next 20 hours before landfall prediction

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Tropical Storm Fay, likely to become Hurricane Fay before landfall is expected to come onshore sometime tomorrow morning somewhere between Naples Florida, and Punta Gorda Florida, with the Fort Myers / Cape Coral Area currently in the middle of the National Hurricane Centers middle point.


Hurricane Fay is predicted to be a minimum hurricane with wind speeds at approximately 80 miles per hour with gusts up to 105 miles per hour. The projected path as of 11am Eastern standard time form the National Hurricane Center is below. Notice the expanse of the cone, as the exact landfall position is not certain and the storm is projected to follow a path within the cone.

The strength of the storm is dependent on the forward speed as well as any shear in the upper atmosphere. Right now a 80 mile per hour sustained wind for Fay seems likely. Stay turned to the Hurricane center as well as this blog for any further updates. Please be careful everyone, especially Our Viewers from SouthWest Florida and the Keys.

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