Webmaster ·  Station Info ·  What's on TV ·  Make Us Your Home
Home  ·   Weather  ·   News  ·   Morning Show  ·   Sports  ·   Station  ·   Contests  ·   Community  ·   Features  ·   Blogs  ·   23 Morning Blend  ·   Economy  ·   Epros
Weather Cams · Instant Alert · 23 To Go · Weather for Mobile Devices · Contact the Storm Team · Go Green · Innertube
Satallite Radar
Temperature
Wind Speed
Wind Direction
Dew Point
Heat Index
Wind Chill
Sun and Moon Information
NOAA Streaming Audio
Windows Media Format: Real Player Format: For more information Check out the NIU Streaming Radio page.
Tropical Storm Headed for Florida Save Email Print
Posted: 4:53 PM Aug 16, 2008
Last Updated: 4:53 PM Aug 16, 2008

A | A | A

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Fay could bring hurricane-force winds to the Florida Keys as soon as Monday, and the governor has already declared a state of emergency. Forecasts say winds could top 100 miles-per-hour. Governor Charlie Crist says the storm could turn into a major disaster and issued the emergency decree to help communities prepare. A spokeswoman for the Monroe County sheriff's office says there could be a mandatory evacuation for visitors on the Florida Keys as early as tomorrow morning. Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay has killed one person in Haiti and three in the neighboring Dominican Republic, where a woman and two children drowned when they tried to cross a swollen river in a car. Fay could become a hurricane tomorrow as it approaches central Cuba. Christopher Juckins of the National Hurricane Center says the official track would bring Fay off the west coast of Florida Tuesday and Wednesday. But he says the track is always uncertain, and the entire peninsula of Florida needs to pay attention. Juckins says if the storm veers to the east, it could pass over the Miami area early Tuesday.

More Stories
Boone County Tornado Anniversary

Snow Sculpting

Illinois Wind Turbines

Blind & Stranded by Snow

More Snow for Northern Wisconsin

Snow in the Northwest

Yellowstone Earthquakes

Hypothermia Death

Extended Forecast (Click to Enlarge)
WIFR Detailed Forecast
WEDNESDAY: Cloudy skies, a few periods of light snow. Accumulations generally less than an inch. High: 26°/FALLING PM

THURSDAY: Generous sunshine, temperatures slide a bit. High: 24°

FRIDAY: Increasing clouds, breezy from the SW, milder. Light rain or snow developing very late in the day or at night. Sleet at night too? High: 36°

SATURDAY: A few flurries early in the day, otherwise partly sunny, breezy, and significantly colder. High: 19°

SUNDAY: Plentiful sunshine, temps still a bit below normal. High: 25°

MONDAY: Partly cloudy, a flurry or two? High: 27°

TUESDAY: Mainly sunny, colder once again. High: 21°

METEOROLOGIST MARK HENDERSON