Gustav

[One Country Boy]

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ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALLTTAA00 KNHC DDHHMMBULLETINTROPICAL STORM GUSTAV INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 18ANWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008800 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...CENTER OF GUSTAV ABOUT TO MOVE WEST OF JAMAICA... HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND THE CAYMANISLANDS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHEDTO COMPLETION.A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA...FOR THEPROVINCES OF ISLA DE JUVENTUD...PINAR DEL RIO...LA HABANA...ANDCIUDAD DE LA HABANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCE OFGRANMA.A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCE OFMATANZAS. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OFCENTRAL CUBA LATER TODAY.INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESSOF GUSTAV. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITORPRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.3 WEST...NEAR THEWESTERN END OF JAMAICA...OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 200 MILES...320KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR.A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST BY TOMORROW. ON THISTRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL LEAVE JAMAICA THIS MORNING...MOVENEAR OR OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...AND MOVENEAR OR OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAYNIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...ANDGUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW.GUSTAV COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING WESTERN CUBA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KMFROM THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCERECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELSCAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE HURRICANE WARNINGAREAS. GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO12 INCHES ACROSS JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...WITH ISOLATEDMAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 25 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS WILLLIKELY PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERNCUBA. REPEATING THE 800 AM EDT POSITION...18.3 N...78.3 W. MOVEMENTTOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT1100 AM EDT. $$FORECASTER KNABB NNNN