Tropical Storm Fay (2026)

Storm Active: September 19-22

On September 17, an area of low pressure formed in the subtropical Atlantic, well southwest of the Azores. It moved northeast over the next couple of days and deepend fairly quickly. On the 19th, it developed enough organized convection to be named Tropical Storm Fay. Fay was a small cyclone, with a compact organized spiral structure sandwiched between two areas of hostile wind shear. It moved northeastward following a weakness in a ridge to its north. Meanwhile, the storm intensified and briefly developed a central dense overcast. Fay peaked with sustained winds of 70 mph and a central pressure of 995 mb late on September 20.

Around the same time, the system reversed course and turned back toward the southwest as the nearby ridge restrengthened. The upper atmosphere also became much less favorable and strong shear from the west-northwest swiftly ripped away Fay's central convection. This put the storm ona steady weakening trend. Apart from a couple of scattered bursts of convection, the storm did not reorganize, and its decay brought it down to tropical depression status by September 22.