| WTNT32 KNHC 260552 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV (formerly TD (tropical depression) 7) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008 200 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 AT 200 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.6 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...210 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR THE COAST OF HAITI LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES. GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OVER HISPANIOLA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 25 INCHES POSSIBLE.....Hurricane GUSTAV Update....(click)WTNT62 KNHC 260620 TCUAT2 HURRICANE GUSTAV TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008 220 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT...GUSTAV HAS BECOME A HURRICANE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...THIS CHANGE WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE 5 AM EDT ADVISORY. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE/AVILA LeChiefre to James Bond (Evelyn Tremble) in an earlier version of Casino Royale: "We're not playing for marbles, Mister Bond. The night is still young, and the rose garden is already littered with my victims." James Bond (Evelyn Tremble at the Baccarat table to LeChiefre, the head of Shmersh): Yes, but, you see, the beggar who is sitting in the marketplace is deaf to song of nightingale." LeChiefre: "Mister Bond, I don't get the connection." Bond: "You will, you will." |