Here's some rainfall data and windspeed data attached in the file from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL taken from a "FIT supported rain gauge/weather station on top of Roberts Hall -- a
tipping bucket gauge"--information I received and was given permission to post from Dr. Steven Lazarus and explained here by Dr. Michael E. Splitt
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a) The top plot is the 1 min ave wind speed/gust (mph).
Note the clear passage of the storm center.
b) The middle plot is the rainfall rate (5 min ave in mm/h) and radar reflectivity dBZ.
c) The bottom is the accumulated rainfall from Robsets Hall, and that derived
from the radar using a tropical Z-R [relationship of Z=250R1.2]. Note that
this Z-R relationship appears to underestimate the rainfall; though this is a first
cut a the calculation (using level III based reflectivity interpolated to the location
of Roberts Hall) it is interesting.
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Did anyone mention that Cocoa Beach got 33 inches from Fay?
Some of my students mentioned they encountered waist and even chest-high water with some of the roads at the FIT campus. In the building I work, I wasn't there, but apparently water was pouring from the elevator on the 6th floor Wed. & Thurs. When I was back on Friday multiple rooms had fans at work to dry the wet carpets. Keep in mind FL was in a drought before this storm--no longer. Wonder what the flooding would (will?) look like if/when another (or few?) tropical systems come through on top of this. I live about a mile from Windover Farms that had some very high rainfall as well. Today the water level seems to have gone back down in the wetland/pond behind my apt.
