Tropical Storm Fay (2020)

Name: Tropical Storm Fay (2020): track and modeled winds
Creator: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center

Tropical Storm Fay was a tropical storm at its peak, with 58 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 998 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at one of the cities we track; the strongest was Atlantic City, NJ, with a modeled peak gust of 60 mph.

Peak strength58 mph winds (1-minute): Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track: 1
LandfallsFirst July 10, 2020: 1
Lowest pressure: 998 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

Depression or weaker
Tropical storm
Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
Landfall
City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)

Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Fay’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

July 10, 2020, tropical storm at 52 mph, about 3 miles from Atlantic City, NJ

Modeled winds at cities (1)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

City	Peak gust	Sustained	Closest pass	Peak
Atlantic City, NJ	60 mph	49 mph	3 miles	Jul 10, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT

Best track (27 positions)

Time	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position
Jul 5, 12:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1012 mb	27.7°N, 88.8°W
Jul 5, 18:00 UTC	Low	29 mph	1010 mb	28.1°N, 87.7°W
Jul 6, 00:00 UTC	Low	35 mph	1008 mb	28.9°N, 86.2°W
Jul 6, 06:00 UTC	Low	35 mph	1008 mb	29.9°N, 85.4°W
Jul 6, 12:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1011 mb	30.8°N, 85.0°W
Jul 6, 18:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1013 mb	31.5°N, 84.6°W
Jul 7, 00:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1013 mb	32.2°N, 84.2°W
Jul 7, 06:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1014 mb	32.8°N, 83.7°W
Jul 7, 12:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1014 mb	33.3°N, 83.2°W
Jul 7, 18:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1014 mb	33.3°N, 82.5°W
Jul 8, 00:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1013 mb	33.3°N, 81.6°W
Jul 8, 06:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1012 mb	33.3°N, 80.5°W
Jul 8, 12:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	1011 mb	33.3°N, 79.2°W
Jul 8, 18:00 UTC	Low	29 mph	1010 mb	33.7°N, 77.9°W
Jul 9, 00:00 UTC	Low	29 mph	1009 mb	33.9°N, 77.1°W
Jul 9, 06:00 UTC	Low	29 mph	1008 mb	34.1°N, 76.8°W
Jul 9, 12:00 UTC	Low	35 mph	1007 mb	34.1°N, 76.8°W
Jul 9, 18:00 UTC	Tropical storm	46 mph	1006 mb	35.4°N, 74.9°W
Jul 10, 00:00 UTC	Tropical storm	46 mph	1005 mb	36.0°N, 74.8°W
Jul 10, 06:00 UTC	Tropical storm	52 mph	1004 mb	36.8°N, 74.8°W
Jul 10, 12:00 UTC	Tropical storm	58 mph	998 mb	37.7°N, 74.7°W
Jul 10, 18:00 UTC	Tropical storm	58 mph	998 mb	38.9°N, 74.4°W
Jul 10, 20:00 UTC (landfall)	Tropical storm	52 mph	999 mb	39.4°N, 74.4°W
Jul 11, 00:00 UTC	Tropical storm	40 mph	1000 mb	40.2°N, 74.3°W
Jul 11, 06:00 UTC	Low	35 mph	1001 mb	41.5°N, 74.2°W
Jul 11, 12:00 UTC	Low	29 mph	1001 mb	43.4°N, 74.0°W
Jul 11, 18:00 UTC	Low	23 mph	999 mb	45.4°N, 73.8°W

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