(2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Eight develops 965 miles (1,555 km) east of Barbados. August 25 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 24) – Tropical Depression Eight intensifies into Tropical Storm Gustav. 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 24) – Tropical Depression Nine develops west-southwest of Cape Verde. August 26 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Nine intensifies into Tropical Storm Hortense. 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Gustav intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane. August 27 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane while passing 205 miles (330 km) to the east of the Lesser Antilles. August 28 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Hortense attains its peak intensity with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mbar (hPa; 29.32 inHg). 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav weakens to a Category 1 hurricane. August 30 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav re-intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane. August 31 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 30) – Hurricane Gustav intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane. 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 30) – Tropical Storm Hortense weakens to a tropical depression. 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav attains its peak intensity with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 956 mbar (hPa; 28.23 inHg). 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Hortense dissipates about 805 miles (1,295 km) east-southeast of Bermuda. September September 1 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 31) – Hurricane Gustav weakens to a Category 2 hurricane. 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav weakens to a Category 1 hurricane. September 2 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav weakens to a tropical storm. September 3 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Gustav transitions into an extratropical storm while located east of Newfoundland. September 4 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT September 3) – Tropical Depression Ten develops southwest of Cape Verde. September 5 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Ten intensifies into Tropical Storm Isidore. September 7 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT September 6) – Tropical Storm Isidore intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane. 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Isidore intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane. Simultaneously, the storm attains its peak intensity with winds of 100