KRBC Weather Lab

From KRBC Meteorologist Stephanie Malone ...

Happy Labor Day weekend to everyone!

First off, Hurricane Gustav is barrelling toward the gulf coast at this moment. It is moving northwest at 17 miles per hour, and is expected to decrease in speed over the next 12 hours. Gustav expected to make landfall by Monday before noon.

Gustav is currently a category 3 hurricane and is expected to stay a category 3 until it makes landfall. The projected track is placing Gustav just west of New Orleans as it hits land.

The path of Gustav once it hits land brings us a slight chance for some showers in the eastern counties of the Big Country starting Thursday.

There is also Tropical Storm Hanna in the Atlantic, which is expected to impact the Bahamas. We will be keeping a close eye on it in the next couple of days as well.

Enjoy your Labor Day holiday with mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 90's.

The dry weather will continue through Wednesday, when Gustav will steer a cold front into the Big Country. The cold front will bring in dry, cooler air into the region, but the collision of the dry air with the moist humid air we currently have in the area could trigger storms along the front.

Thanks to the cold front, we will enjoy highs in the mid to upper eighties from Wednesday through Saturday.

There is a chance in the forecast for rain Wednesday and Thursday, but we will have to keep an eye on Gustav's track to if we will be seeing any more rain as a result.

Happy Labor Day to everyone!