Monday...

Good morning! Labor Day is upon us, but the eyes of the weather world are on Louisiana. Hurricane Gustav will make landfall this morning on the Louisiana coast, likely as a Category 3 hurricane. Buoys offshore out in the Gulf have had waves in the 30-40 foot range, and already we have seen wind gusts in southeast Louisiana in excess of 90mph. It will be very interesting to see what issues with storm surge materialize as Gustav comes ashore this morning.

I want to mention that my good friend, Hank Allen, is a meteorologist a WGNO in New Orleans. He is doing a very nice job with coverage as Gustav is coming ashore. Pull up the live feed from above and give it a look.

For the Carolinas, our eyes are on Tropical Storm Hanna. It sure looks like this will hit the Southeast coast around Friday. It is still early, so I am going to mention anyone from north Florida up through the Carolinas as possible landfall locations. However, I am leaning more toward Georgia or the Carolinas at this point.

The official NHC forecast only brings Hanna up to a minimal hurricane before moving ashore. However, I want to mention that the environment around Hanna should improve by later in the work week, and I have concerns that we will be looking at a stronger hurricane than that.

For the Piedmont, I am bringing in good rain chances Friday associated with Hanna. We will adjust as necessary.

The weather today through Wednesday will be very nice. Highs today and tomorrow will be in the mid 80s with lots of sun. Tonight, lows will drop into the upper 50s in many spots.