You can see it out the window as I type this a few minutes before 3 p.m.
As Gustav moves northwest from the Gulf of Mexico, it’s pushing other systems out of its way. That shoved a line of showers from east to west through Wichita and southcentral Kansas.
We almost always see storm systems move west to east — so you can accurately announce to your friends that the weather’s really backward in Kansas.
I’m marveling at how well-organized Gustav remains more than 24 hours after coming ashore in Louisiana.
The Storm Prediction Center recorded 17 tornado reports from Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi.
I did a double-take Monday morning when I heard the Weather Channel report that one tornado in Mississippi was moving west at 83 miles an hour.
Think about that: 83 miles an hour.
I’m checking with SPC officials to see if they have more information from that report. Tornadoes don’t typically move west, but since the outer bands of Gustav were swirling that direction it makes sense.
The 83 mph, however, is a jaw-dropper.