Gustav Makes Its First Landfall Over Haiti

     Gustav has not strengthened since earlier this morning, and should begin to weaken as it encounters Haiti. The weakening however will be short lived. The past several satellite frames show signs of slight disorganization, due to interaction with land. Once Gustav clears Haiti it will then restrengthen and could become the first Major hurricane of this hurricane season.
     Models continue to very slowly come in to better agreement on a track, bringing it back over water moving in a more west-northwest direction, south of eastern Cuba, and then to a more Northwest direction and then over the far western tip of Cuba, allowing it into the Central Gulf Of Mexico where strengthening will likely continue. No attempt at an official landfall forecast for the Gulf Coast yet, because it is still too far out to determine. But I will say as stated from the very first post on this system, that the Gulf Coast needs to watch this one closely, especially From Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. This could be especially catastrophic for the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, Such as New Orleans. Please stay tuned to this situation.