How many miles per hour winds in hurricane gustav and what caterogy storm could it turn into?

Question

how strong is hurricane gustav i already know it is a caterogy 3 hurricane so could it get more powerful than it already is ? any guess

Answer 1

As of 6am CDT, Gustav was a category 3 hurricane located 136km (85mi.) south of New Orleans,LA with winds of 184km/h (115mph) and the pressure was 954mb and moving towards the northwest at 26km/h (16mph). He's about to make landfall, so he will not strengthen anymore, he could even weaken down to a category 2 before the eye makes landfall. But once it makes landfall he's expected to slow down which will cause major flooding but it'll weaken significantly and it can become a tropical storm by late Tuesday/early Wednesday. Here's two good links to stay informed about the storm:

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurrica...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Answer 2

it currently is the same category and mph winds: 115

here is an updated forecast:Time: 7 am ET

Wind: 115 mph

Strength: Category 3

Direction: Moving northwest near 16 mph

Answer 3

it was only a category 2 at landfall and weakened.  it has passed us now in central louisiana.  we experienced damaging winds, trees downs, house fires, and 7 deaths reported so far.

Answer 4

It was category 3 and there were rumors of it becoming higher up to category 5 but it actually dropped to category 2  

Answer 5

At 4AM CDT Gustav had sustained winds of 115 mph, making it a category 3 hurricane. The eye of the storm is currently about 100 mi. South of New Orleans, and is moving NW at 16 mph.  It is already weakening, and may drop to Category 2 by the time the eye makes landfall.

Answer 6

Gustov is now a tropical deppression with 20 mph sustained winds, but there are 3 more tropical storm in the Alantic (  Hannah, Ike, Josephine )

Answer 7

i thought that too but i heard that it changed to category 2 when it hit new orleans