Position: 23.0N 84.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northwest [320°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph [130 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [150 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 989 mb ↑.

Currently about 615 miles [ 985 km] Southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana.

“At 6:25PM CDT satellite images, radar data from Cuba, and data from the NOAA Hurricane Hunters indicate that Ida has made landfall in the Cuban province of Pinar Del Rio, about 20 miles (30 km) east of La Coloma. Maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 80 mph (130 km/h).”

At 10PM CDT Ida is back over the Gulf of Mexico currently on track to hit Louisiana as a Major Hurricane (Category 3 or higher) on Sunday, the anniversary of Katrina.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Artemisa, Pinar del Rio, and the Isle of Youth; Intracoastal City, Louisiana to the mouth of the Pearl River including Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Metropolitan New Orleans.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Matanzas, Mayabeque, and Havana; Cameron, Louisiana to west of Intracoastal City, Louisiana; the mouth of the Pearl River to the Mississippi/Alabama border.

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for east of Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama border including Vermilion Bay, Lake Borgne, Lake Pontchartrain, and Lake Maurepas.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect from Cameron, Louisiana to west of Intracoastal City Louisiana; the mouth of the Pearl River to the Mississippi/Alabama border.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect from the Mississippi/Alabama border to the Alabama/Florida border.

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect from Sabine Pass to the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana; Mobile Bay.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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