Gustav explodes into strong hurricane overnightPosted Aug30, 2008 at 12:14 PMUPDATE 4 PM: Gustav has intensified into an upper-end Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph, still headed on a course that will take it across western Cuba, into the Gulf, and likely toward the Lousiana/Texas Gulf Coast area by Monday. END UPDATE 
Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center continues to monitor 3 other areas of interest: Tropical Storm Hanna north of Puerto Rico, and two disturbances in the open Atlantic, one of which is rated as having a high risk of development into the next tropical depression. The next tropical storm in the Atlantic will be named Ike. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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[August 30, 2008 4:50 PM]
Roanoke.FoundHaven't we been here before? Gustav's little tag-along Hannah following a slightly altered, yet similar track?
And where will the jet stream be around Weds. when Gustav is on land, how much of this moisture will mitigate severe flooding in the southern region?
As a wise Floridian once said (after the 3rd hurricane of the season passed through) "Why-o why-o why-o did I ever leave Ohio?"
[August 30, 2008 5:16 PM]
Kevin MyattGustav will probably not affect our region, at least directly. High pressure is building in, again, from the northeast ... that will bring us some nice cool almost fall-like weather early in the coming week but will push Gustav's remnants west into the southern Plains. The only way we would get moisture out of Gustav is if a front sweeps some of it our way later. Hanna is another story. The same high will keep it from making much progress westward this week. By late in the week, there may be a subtle shift in the overall pattern that will allow Hanna to move more northward or northwest. But Hanna may get caught in some of Gustav's outflow aloft and not strengthen much, or could even diminish. So in terms of Southeast/mid-Atlantic drought relief -- Gustav is not likely to help, Hanna is a big maybe in the distant future, i.e. at least a week out.
[August 30, 2008 10:04 PM]
Brandon R.It looked for awhile that Gustav might go a bit farther west but I'd say looking at it now, this thing is going to slingshot itself right at New Orleans.