Saying Gustav is the Storm of the Century…Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans just called for a 100% mandatory evacuation of the entire City of New Orleans. He called for the West Bank to evacuate between 8 a.m. and noon, … Continue reading →

FAST FACTS AS OF 7 P.M. CDT LOCATION: 22.7 N…83.4 W…OVER WESTERN CUBA (705 MI SE OF NEW ORLEANS) MOVEMENT: NW-15 MPH TOP WINDS: STILL 150 MPH CENTRAL PRESSURE: 941 MILLIBARS (AS MEASURED BY AF RECON) NOTES …Havana reporting east … Continue reading →

Vic Bell up in Scrougeout reports a nice little storm near his location The cell is just west of Cenre moving WSW toward Noccalula Falls. A strong storm extends frmo just west of Helena to near Calera. Small cells are … Continue reading →

FAST FACTS 4 p.m. CDT LOCATION: 22.1N/82.9 W MOVEMENT: NW-15 (SLIGHTLY FASTER) TOP WINDS: TOP WINDS 150 MPH (NEARLY CATEGORY 5) CENTRAL PRESSURE: 942 MB WATCHES/WARNINGS: A hurricane watch has been issued from the Texas Coast near Houston to the … Continue reading →

AT 500 PM EDT…2100 UTC…A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER…INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS … Continue reading →

The eye of extremely powerful Hurricane Gustav is passing along the NE coast of the Isle of Youth this afternoon. Here are some observations from Cuba… MUCM Camaguey (Central Cuba)…partly cloudy…90/72…S-14 MUCL…towering cumulus…86/79…NE-13 Havana…rainy and windy…75/72…NE 33 G 55 Varadero…on … Continue reading →

Hurricane Gustav continues to rapidly intensify this afternoon. The primary reason…high oceanic heat content water. This is a measurement of the fuel available to a tropical cyclone in the form of deep, warm water. And this from the NHC….top winds … Continue reading →

Most of the 12z model data is in… GFS…landfall near New Iberia around 7 p.m. Monday NAM…slower…landfall a little east of New Iberia around 7 p.m. Tuesday GFDL..faster…mid afternoon landfall just west of New Iberia on Monday…as 920 mb hurricane…top … Continue reading →

At 12:07 p.m. CDT Air Force recon dropsonde found a pressure of 935 millibars in Gustav. Surface wind observations and flight level wind observations support a maximum intensity of 145 mph. It’s a Category Four hurricane. 150 WTNT62 KNHC 301718 … Continue reading →