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FINAL ADVISORY #39 · 5:00 PM AST, Tue Sep 29
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Tropical Storm Fay (2026) Final: Post-Tropical Cyclone

Final advisory: Post-Tropical Cyclone, 30 mph · Peak in NHC advisories: Tropical Storm, 70 mph (Sep 20)

Fay becomes a post-tropical cyclone · This is the last NHC advisory on this system
Max winds30 mph
Pressure1011 mb
MovementWSW 12 mph
Position23.7N 48.2W
Next advisoryNone · final advisory

Tropical Storm Fay forecast path & cone map

🌀 Track & cone: NOAA NHC Advisory #39 · issued Tue 5:00 PM AST (track, cone, watches & warnings verbatim) 🗺️ Map layer: archived GFS wind-gust frame from the time of this advisory (single frame, no animation). ⚠️ Weathershot is not an official warning source. For evacuation orders and local instructions follow your national meteorological service and local emergency management (in the U.S., the National Weather Service).

⚠️ Archived map — NHC track & cone at the final advisory; sources below the map ↓

Tropical Storm Fay: NHC forecast track and cone over the GFS wind gust map, Atlantic basin
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Forecast cone (NHC, 5 days) Track · H hurricane · S storm · D depression · PT post-tropical Map: Weathershot · archived GFS 0.25° gusts frame
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When winds arrive

NHC has not issued wind speed probabilities for land locations for this advisory.

Watches and warnings NHC, verbatim

No coastal watches or warnings in effect.

Where was Fay at the final advisory?

ABOUT 1590 MI...2560 KM WSW OF THE AZORES

Advisory timeline

  • #39 · Tue 5:00 PM ASTFay becomes a post-tropical cyclone · This is the last NHC advisory on this system — Post-Tropical Cyclone, 30 mph
  • #38 · Tue 11:00 AM ASTFay weakens into a depression — Tropical Depression, 35 mph
  • #37 · Tue 5:00 AM ASTFay continues to move southwestward over the Atlantic ocean — Tropical Storm, 40 mph
  • #35 · Mon 5:00 PM ASTFay holding steady — Tropical Depression, 35 mph
  • #34 · Mon 3:00 PM GMTFay moving south-southwestward over the central Atlantic — Tropical Depression, 35 mph
  • #33 · Mon 9:00 AM GMTFay persists in the central Atlantic — Tropical Depression, 35 mph
  • #32 · Mon 3:00 AM GMTFay holding on as a tropical cyclone for now — Tropical Depression, 30 mph
  • #31 · Sun 9:00 PM GMTFay barely a tropical cyclone — Tropical Depression, 35 mph

Forecast discussion NHC forecaster, excerpt

At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Fay was located near latitude 23.7 North, longitude 48.2 West. The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the west-southwest near 12 mph (19 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days.