9/1 - 10:30am - Gustav Now Category 2

The only kicker to my title is that the storm only dropped 5mph to reach a Category 2, which puts winds still around 110mph. But, any weakening is good in this situation.

Here's the track from the NHC... landfall by this afternoon:



New Orleans will most likely see Category 1 hurricane force winds with no word on exactly what is going to happen with the storm surge. I've heard estimates from 8 feet all the way to 15 feet, so we'll have to wait and see. Obviously the towns around the area of landfall like Houma, LA and Morgan City, LA are going to see the full force of this storm.

There have been a great deal of tornado warnings posted both overnight and this morning in the Gulf Coast due to some potential rotation within some of these rain bands, but only one tornado has been reported from western Mississippi to the SPC.

As for us, we're going to stay hot and dry until this weekend. Highs will top out at around 93-94 in the suburbs and maybe up to 95 degrees in the city.