URGENT: Ida Now a Dangerous Category Four Hurricane

Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
200 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

…MAJOR HURRICANE IDA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN…
…NOW A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE…

Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft and NOAA
Doppler weather radars indicate that Hurricane Ida has continued to
rapidly intensify this Sunday morning. Maximum sustained winds are
now estimated to be 130 mph (215 km/h). This makes Ida a category 4
hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

Ida’s central pressure has fallen 6 millibars during the past hour.

SUMMARY OF 200 AM CDT…0700 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…27.7N 88.8W
ABOUT 100 MI…160 KM S OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 175 MI…280 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…130 MPH…215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 15 MPH…24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…949 MB…28.02 INCHES

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Forecaster Stewart

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