Category: gustav

Possible severe weather for Mid-South today

September 3, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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gustav, severe, tornado

Yesterday, parts of the area got a taste of how tropical remnants can produce severe weather, particularly tornadoes. As was the case yesterday […]
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Reporting on Gustav, as described by Washington Post

September 3, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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gustav, hurricane

Great article by Paul Farhi of the Washington Post, as published in AlabamaWx.com’s blog. See the article here: http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=10515 Thanks to AlabamaWx for […]
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Remnants of Gustav to affect Memphis area

September 2, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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gustav, hanna, ike, jospehine, tornado, tropical

As Gustav’s remnants move into northwest LA and, overnight, eastern TX, rains from the storm are pushing closer to the Memphis metro area […]
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Landfall

September 1, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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atlantic, gustav, hurricane, major hurricane, tropical

Hurricane Gustav officially made landfall at 9:30am CDT (1430 UTC), Labor Day, September 1, 2008 near Cocodrie, LA, about 70 miles southwest of […]
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Gustav Update – 8:00am CDT Monday

September 1, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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atlantic, gustav, hurricane, major hurricane, tropical

Gustav is about to make landfall south of Houma, LA at 8am. A radar image from New Orleans at 7:53am CDT is shown […]
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Sunday mid-day Gustav update

August 31, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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atlantic, gustav, hurricane, major hurricane, tropical

Woke up this morning to find that Gustav is yet another example of why it is so hard to forecast hurricanes, even when […]
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Gustav goes nuts

August 30, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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atlantic, gustav, hurricane, major hurricane, tropical

As expected when I last wrote and predicted by the models (though not to this extent), Gustav broke free from Jamaica, hit the […]
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Hurricane Gustav takes aim at Gulf Coast

August 29, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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atlantic, gustav, hurricane, katrina, major hurricane, tropical

As of this afternoon, Gustav has once again reached Hurricane status, increasing to 75 mph as it continues to expand into an increasingly […]
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