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By Associated Press/NWS/NHC

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Published: Thu, August 28, 2008 - 6:57 am
Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 8:15 am

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Tropical Storm Gustav is on its way
toward Jamaica this morning.
A day after stalling off Haiti's coast, the storm is moving on a
west-southwest track and is expected to pass very close to Jamaica.
Forecasters expect it to start slowly regaining strength, and it
could become a hurricane again by tomorrow, and a major hurricane
later this weekend. The latest update has maximum sustained winds
near 45 miles-per-hour.
So far Gustav is blamed for 23 deaths on the island of
Hispaniola.
Meanwhile residents in New Orleans are nervously watching, since
forecasters have Gustav eventually making its way into the warm
waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
They say it could make landfall anywhere between Texas and the
Florida panhandle this weekend.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Tropical Storm Gustav built toward
renewed hurricane force today as it drove toward Jamaica, while
many miles away, New Orleans watched it with a nervous eye.
Gustav - the cause of flooding that killed 23 in Haiti and the
Dominican Republic, was nearly stationary about 80 miles east of
Kingston, Jamaica, but it was expected to run west-southwest, very
close to Jamaica later in the day.
Maximum sustained winds were near 70 miles-per-hour and it could
become a hurricane again soon.
The storm is projected eventually to reach Category 3 force.
Forecasters say Gustav might slip between Mexico's Yucatan
Peninsula and the western tip of Cuba on Sunday, then March toward
a Tuesday collision with the U.S. Gulf Coast - anywhere from south
Texas to the Florida panhandle.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Track Gustav with the News 5 First Alert Storm Team.

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WTNT32 KNHC 281111
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008
730 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008

...RECONNAISSANCE PLANE FINDS A STRONGER GUSTAV...

AT 8 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR JAMAICA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCE OF
GRANMA.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

INTERESTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF GUSTAV.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 730 AM EDT...1130Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.6 WEST OR ABOUT 80
MILES...130 KM...EAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 170 MILES...270
KM...SOUTH OF GUANTANAMO CUBA.

GUSTAV HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS BUT IS
EXPECTED TO RESUME A MOTION TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 6
MPH...9 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND
TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. THE CENTER OF GUSTAV IS EXPECTED
TO PASS VERY CLOSE TO JAMAICA LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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 LATEST CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER SOUTHERN CUBA...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER HAITI...
JAMAICA...AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
UP TO 25 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE HURRICANE
WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 730 AM EDT POSITION...17.8 N...75.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB.

THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM EDT.

$$
FORECASTER BLAKE/AVILA

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I’m not for sure bamaboy but it should start now! We already pay too much for gas!

Posted by loveitorhateit2005 on 08/28/08 - 8:44 am • Report Abuse

Gas stations are already jacking up the price of gas they already have in their underground tanks. They say it is because offshore production will shut down while Gustav passes through.
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They bought that gas for a price and were selling it at a profit. When does something like this turn into gouging?

Posted by BamaBob on 08/28/08 - 8:15 am • Report Abuse

I live in Grandbay and last night we had 2 stores out of gas. I spoke to one of the attendants and she said it would be atleast monday before they got gas in depending on the storm.

Posted by loveitorhateit2005 on 08/28/08 - 8:05 am • Report Abuse

To me it looks like the same high pressure system off the eastern coast of Florida that pushed Gustav south and west will eventually turn it northward steering it into the gulf. Beyond that it is a crap shoot.

Posted by BamaBob on 08/28/08 - 6:56 am • Report Abuse

Jim was on the Weather Channel last late last night. In the studio.

Posted by barefootangel on 08/28/08 - 6:10 am • Report Abuse

Anyone tracking Jim Cantore? If he leaves Biloxi and gets a room over this way, we want to know about it!!!

Posted by BamaBob on 08/28/08 - 5:57 am • Report Abuse

It is good to see that most of the models have shifted Gustav to the west. The GFDL model still has it coming into the Mississippi coast on Monday. I think the GFDL was the only model that was able to do a good job tracking Fay.
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We will see, we will see.....

Posted by BamaBob on 08/28/08 - 5:38 am • Report Abuse

loveitorhateit2005, where did you hear that. it does not sound right. now something strange with that. we own a cstore and i have heard nothing like that.

Posted by rosepetal on 08/28/08 - 2:35 am • Report Abuse

I have found too that several gas stations are out of gas. If you need gas do so as soon as possible because they are saying it will be next week before they get anymore in!

Posted by loveitorhateit2005 on 08/28/08 - 1:31 am • Report Abuse

after katrina i learned my lesson. i have gas for a portable generator, had my standby serviced today. i just need to go get dog food and catfood.

Posted by rosepetal on 08/27/08 - 9:02 pm • Report Abuse