Hurricane Hunters just found 943 mb! Western Cuba is about to get pummeled, and the eastern portion of the Isle of Youth is about to take a direct hit...and the storm still has plenty of time to strengthen before it goes over mainland Cuba. Gustav keeps going to the right side of the track, and it is making me a bit worried that things might go east of the NHC track...but we must look at Gustav over the next 6 hours to really get an idea of where it is going. If Gustav stays to the right side of the track through the 11 pm advisory tonight, as it lands in Cuba, then I might shift a bit east.
NWS Update:
000WTNT62 KNHC 301718TCUAT2HURRICANE GUSTAV TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATENWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008
120 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008
DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THATGUSTAV HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AND NOW HAS MAXIMUM WINDSNEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES GUSTAV ANEXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONHURRICANE SCALE. A SPECIAL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED AT ABOUT 200 PMEDT TO MODIFY THE INITIAL AND FORECAST INTENSITIES. THE SPECIALPUBLIC ADVISORY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PUBLICADVISORY PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME.
$$FORECASTER KNABB
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12 years ago
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I agree. I'm starting to think a bit further east.
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