Hurricane Gustav is approaching the Cayman Islands where hurricane warnings are in effect.
It is located 90 miles east of Grand Cayman and 25 miles south of Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. This is 365 miles ESE of the western tip of Cuba. Hurricane warnings are in effect for western Cuba also.
Movement is NW at 11 mph.
Top winds are up to 80 mph (category one.) The pressure is down to 975 mb or 28.79 inches of mercury. Strengthening is expected to continue over the warm waters of the Northwest Caribbean and Gustav could be a major hurricane before reaching Cuba (should be category three or maybe category four.)
Lots of uncertainly in the forecast. The models are all over the board still.
A new forecast package will be out at 10 p.m.
