Below is the 7am CDT advisory and map from the National Hurricane Center.  New Orleans is still a target within the cone as is the rest of Louisiana but indications for now is the storm might be moving more to the West.  However for certain, things could change especially as the storm approaches land.  Compare the advisory and map from the National Hurricane Center that Bayoubuzz posted.  It is important to note there are other computer models indicating the storm could head to Texas or to Florida. 

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TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  18A

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072008

800 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008

...CENTER OF GUSTAV ABOUT TO MOVE WEST OF JAMAICA...

HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN

ISLANDS.  PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED

TO COMPLETION.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA...FOR THE

PROVINCES OF ISLA DE JUVENTUD...PINAR DEL RIO...LA HABANA...AND

CIUDAD DE LA HABANA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCE OF

GRANMA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCE OF

MATANZAS.  TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL CUBA LATER TODAY.

INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS

OF GUSTAV.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR

PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.3 WEST...NEAR THE

WESTERN END OF JAMAICA...OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...

WEST-NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 200 MILES...320

KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR.

A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST BY TOMORROW.  ON THIS

TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL LEAVE JAMAICA THIS MORNING...MOVE

NEAR OR OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...AND MOVE

NEAR OR OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY

NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW.

GUSTAV COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING WESTERN CUBA.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM

FROM THE CENTER.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE

RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS

CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING

AREAS.

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO

12 INCHES ACROSS JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...WITH ISOLATED

MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 25 INCHES POSSIBLE.  THESE RAINS WILL

LIKELY PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN

CUBA.

REPEATING THE 800 AM EDT POSITION...18.3 N...78.3 W.  MOVEMENT

TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65

MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT

1100 AM EDT.

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FORECASTER KNABB