Gustav

Gustav could be a bad one.

Here are some less-obvious sources of weather geek info on the storm:

You can tune into reports direct from unmanned data buoys in the Gulf. In addition to the kind of data you get from a normal weather station, these buoy-based stations also report wave height and period.

This is a mid-Gulf buoy and will show the effects of the hurricane on Sunday:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42001

This one is closer to shore and will show heavy action Monday morning:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42040

Out in the open water, under a Cat 5 hurricane, it'll be pretty violent. The second buoy (42040) went offline during hurricane Ivan after registering a 62.5 foot (19m) wave.

Here's 4 channels of live simultaneous Gustav info on one web page:
http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html

Nice radar page:
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200807_radar.html#a_topad

I hope none of you are in the path of this puppy!