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* HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL*


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The eastern side of the storm takes the worst hit right coop? How bad would we get it on the west side?

The west side will have gusty north winds.

Anything east of Lake Charles and the triangle should be ok.

coop...

Any chance of the high pressure making this storm stall out when it gets over land?

That would be the worst case scenario...

Slow West movement after landfall!!

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My latest hit is to close...Looks like close to Cameron as a Cat 3.

James Brown said on TV at noon that is was most likely hitting around the New Orleans area on Wednesday.  Based on that information, can you guess who my favorite weatherman at channel six is right now?

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HURRICANE GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER  20

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL  AL072008

500 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008

...GUSTAV BECOMES A HURRICANE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN...

AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE

LOWER FLORIDA KEYS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE WESTWARD TO

DRY TORTUGAS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM

CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36

HOURS.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...AND

FOR THE WESTERN CUBAN PROVINCES OF ISLA DE JUVENTUD...PINAR DEL

RIO...LA HABANA...AND CIUDAD DE LA HABANA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA...AND FOR THE

CENTRAL CUBAN PROVINCES OF MATANZAS...CIENFUEGOS...VILLA

CLARA...SANCTI SPIRITUS...CIEGO DE AVILA...CAMAGUEY...AND GRANMA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR

PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 19.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...

160 KM...EAST OF GRAND CAYMAN AND ABOUT 380 MILES...610 KM...

EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND

THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE

OF DAYS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL PASS NEAR OR

OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT...OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA

ON SATURDAY...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON SATURDAY

NIGHT OR SUNDAY.

DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM

SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.

STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND

GUSTAV COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE NEAR THE TIME IT CROSSES

WESTERN CUBA.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM

THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160

MILES...260 KM.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE

AIRCRAFT WAS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS

IS POSSIBLE IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...WITH 8 TO 13 FEET POSSIBLE NEAR

WHERE THE CENTER OF GUSTAV CROSSES WESTERN CUBA...INCLUDING ISLA DE

JUVENTUD.

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO

12 INCHES ACROSS JAMAICA...THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...AND WESTERN

CUBA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 25 INCHES POSSIBLE.

THESE RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND

MUD SLIDES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE

OVER SOUTHERN CUBA.

REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...19.2 N...79.7 W.  MOVEMENT

TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100

PM EDT.

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