Breaking News: Gustav Now Category Three Hurricane
Posted by feww on August 30, 2008
Latest Update: Gustav Now a Category Four Hurricane, as Forecast
Gustav Strengthened to a Dangerous Category Three Hurricane
As of a Few minutes ago Gustav strengthened to a dangerous category three hurricane, National Hurricane Center reported.
Hurricane Gustav Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami Fl Al072008
06:00 EDT (02:00 UTC) Sat Aug 30 2008
… Gustav continues to rapidly strengthen and now has maximum winds near 185 km/hr (115 mph) with higher gusts. This makes Gustav a dangerous category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane
scale, the second major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Forecaster Blake/Avila
Hurricane Gustav – Category 3 – GOES (still satellite image printed for comparison) Rainbow Color Enhancement IR CH 4. Credit: NOAA – NHC
GEOS Floater (updated) Rainbow Color Enhancement IR CH 4. Credit: NOAA – NHC
Based on the FEWW model, Moderators believe there’s a very strong probability that Gustav, as he gets closer to the Isle of Youth, could strengthen to a category four hurricane within the next 12 hours before making landfall in the west-southwestern Cuba. There’s a medium to strong probability that Gustav could remain a category four hurricane as it leaves Cuba and strengthen to a giant category five hurricane within the next 24 to 36 hours, after it enters the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Watch this space!
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REBECCA said
WOW THAT IS POWERFUL. I HOPE THOSE WHO WERE THERE MANAGED TO SURVIVE. IT IS SCARY TO THINK THIS CAN HIT YOUR HOUSE.
BECCA
feww said
Gustav was the second most destructive hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. About 160 people were killed as a result both in the U.S. and the Caribbean. It also forced up to 3.5 million people to evacuate, causing as much a $7 billion in damages in the US, Cuba and Jamaica.