Target Houma

Loy:

The 11:00 PM EDT advisory is out. Gustav's intensity appears to have plateaued, and it's expected to make landfall right around its current intensity -- a borderline Category 2/3 hurricane -- in the late morning or around noon, in the marshlands south of Houma. That city of 30,000, where The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore is stationed, will take the brunt of the storm. Significant deviation from this track now appears unlikely (though small, last-minute "wobbles" are always possible).