Article first published: Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, 10 p.m. ET

System type: Tropical storm

System name: Fay

The National Hurricane Center’s 10 p.m. Monday advisory reported that Tropical Storm Fay is in the Atlantic Ocean, 525 miles southwest of the Azores. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, is moving southwest at 8 mph.

“A gradual turn toward the west-southwest then west is expected through midweek,” meteorologists explained. They also said “Continued weakening is forecast, and Fay is likely to degenerate into a post-tropical remnant low by late Tuesday.”

Source: National Hurricane Center