9/7 - 2pm - Ike's in Cuba, 500th Post!

Hurricane Ike is still very strong as a Category 4 storm, getting ready to hit Cuba lengthwise. After the damage it caused in Haiti and the Turks and Caicos, Cuba won't be an exception. It should make landfall tonight and weaken to a Category 1 by the time it exits Cuba on Tuesday. Still no details on landfall other than it will be on the Gulf Coast in Texas or Louisiana:




(NOTE: The CLP5 and XTRP lines on the spaghetti chart are not to be used as forecast tracks)

So, we'll have to really watch what Ike does in terms of direction and strength this week.

We're still on track here for a chance of rain here on Tuesday. Temperatures should be in the low 80's all week, with tomorrow and Thursday being the exception in the upper 80's.

By the way, this is my 500th post for those keeping track. That's pretty good for just under 2 years of blogging I'd say. On that note... the Ryan Weather website is receiving a major overhaul. It's being rebuilt from scratch and I'm dropping Google Pages as my host, so you won't see anymore outages due to bandwidth issues. Expect to see the new site in the next couple of weeks if not earlier.