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| Written by Reed Patrick Timmer | |||
| Saturday, 30 August 2008 11:50 | |||
Hurricane Gustav has intensified rapidly overnight and today, and now has maximum sustained surface winds of 145 mph as measured by Hurricane Hunter Aircraft! Interestingly, the minimum pressure was measured at 942 mb, which is relatively high for a category 4 hurricane. Typically the pressure drop precedes the wind increase in a rapidly intensifying hurricane, so this could mean that Gustav has much more strengthening to do before reaching a maximum. The eye is currently over the eastern side of the Isle of Youth - we should have made the trip! Here is the special advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center a short time ago: 
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