Andrei_WX's Blog

Growing concerns from the impact of residence and oil rigs along the Gulf due to tropical storm Gustav. Gustav is now gaining strength out in the Carribeans with sustained winds at 70 mph with wind gust up to 85 mph. The storm is continuing to move westward and is expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico sometime Monday. Forecasters are predicting that ustav will become a Cat 1 sometime tomorrow an is expected to reach upwards to a Cat 3 status sometime on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Tropical storm Hanna has formed in the Atlantic. The latest is winds at 40 mph with higher gust. Hanna has the potential to become our 4th hurricane of the season as early as tomorrow.