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Old 09-01-2008, 05:43 AM   #13
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Exclamation This just in from Tallahassee Weather

HURRICANE GUSTAV NEARING THE LOUISIANA COAST.

AT 400 AM CDT.THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH.LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES.
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO
ABOUT 230 MILES SW OF DESTIN. GUSTAV HAS ALREADY MADE ITS
CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE PANHANDLE COAST.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NW NEAR 16 MPH.& THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY
TODAY.


MAX SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL.WITH WEAKENING
EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MIN
CNTL PRESSURE OF 956 MB.28.23 INCHES.

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I guess she's gone passed us. The barometer reads 29.57 here. Fay was lower than that when she passed the other day.

God bless them folks in Louisianna, Mississippi and Texas.



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