Gustav Now A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE

Air Force Reconnaissance recently reported a much more intense Gustav.. with max winds near 145 mph and a pressure of 935 mb. Lets put this in perspective here.. Last night at 11pm.. he had a pressure of 974 mb, 5am today a pressure of 965 mb and 11am a pressure of 954 mb. He is now at 945 mb.. a rapidly deepening hurricane. Scary images below...




WOW!




UPDATE: 2:20pm

The National Hurricane Center now feels it is definitely possible that Gustav becomes a category 5 hurricane before it hits Cuba. It only needs 11 more mph added to wind speed for this to occur. They are still flying into the storm and I will be able to update until about 6 pm tonight.. thereafter.. I will not be able to update until at the earliest midnight Sunday when Gustav will be emerging into the southern Gulf. Here is an updated forecast track with new intensity updated. Note the category 4 point right before landfall with New Orleans to its right..




UPDATE: 3:17 PM

New satellite images show Gustav glancing the Isle of Youth.

Visible image as of 3:02pm



Infrared image as of 3:02pm