Gustav misses, Hanna no threat

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Gustav misses, Hanna no threat

Posted Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Gustav has weakened to a tropical depression, but may still cause flooding across western Louisiana and northeastern Texas, forecasters said Tuesday.

At 4 a.m. Tuesday, Gustav’s center was located about 135 miles northwest of Lafayette, La. and moving northwest near 10 MPH. Forecasters expected a turn toward the north over the next couple of days, bringing the center of the storm into the northeastern Texas Tuesday night.

Gustav’s maximum sustained winds were near 35 MPH Tuesday morning, and further weakening is predicted during the next hours. It is expected to produce rainfall of 6 to 12 inches over portions of Louisiana, western Mississippi, Arkansas, southern Missouri, southeast Oklahoma and northeastern Texas as it dissipates.

The National Weather Service will issue no more advisories on Gustav.

Meanwhile, forecasters say Hurricane Hanna, presently located near the southeastern Bahamas, poses no threat to the Gulf of Mexico, but will instead track northward up the east coast.

The next possible threat to Gulf concerns will be Tropical Storm Ike, presently moving westward over open waters in the tropical Atlantic, and strengthening.

At 5 a.m. Tuesday, the center of TS Ike was located near Lat. 18.6 N. Long. 43.1 W., or about 1,235 miles east of the Leeward Islands. Ike, with maximum sustained winds near 50 MPH, is moving west near 15 MPH and expected to stay on that track for a couple of days, bringing it near the Gulf by late next weekend.

Behind Ike, just off the coast of Africa, hurricane authorities are closely watching Tropical Depression 10, which they say is well-organized, strengthening rapidly, and expected to become a tropical storm later Tuesday.