Rafael remains a hurricane this morning with winds of 105 mph. The forecasts track of the storm remains well below the Louisiana Gulf coast. Even if the storm were to jog northward late this weekend and into early next week,

Hurricane Rafael continued to lose steam in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after striking Cuba as a Category 3 major hurricane one day earlier. As of 7 a.m., Rafael was still a Category 2

After blasting across western Cuba as a Cat 3, Rafael emerged into the Gulf of Mexico as a rare November Cat 2.