I’m not a religious person… but if I was, I’d be praying for the people of Cuba right now, and praying that Gustav doesn’t do too much damage to Louisiana and Mississippi.

It is already a Category 4, 150mph winds at the eyewall, 240km/h

There will be hurricane force winds reaching into Havana tonight.

I will be following closely, because I find it awe inspiring, Google Earth has incredible abilities for this, but we must not forget the human dimension to the story.

Hoping for the best…

UPDATE: 16:33 Just heard a thunderclap! Haven’t spotted any lightning yet though!

Wow… we had quite the cloudburst Monday Afternoon.

Recorded a rainrate of over 93mm/hr.

Should be drier tomorrow with another band of rain coming through tomorrow night and Wednesday.

If you’re looking for more exciting weather, check out Jeff Masters Wunderblog where he talks Hurricanes.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html