2am CDT Sunday on Hurricane Ida: 130mph; Category 4; Major Hurricane Ida continues to strengthen
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 8/29/2021, 2:54 am
NHC:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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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2am CDT Sunday on Hurricane Ida: 130mph; Category 4; Major Hurricane Ida continues to strengthen - Chris in Tampa, 8/29/2021, 2:54 am- Recon image of NOAA mission entering storm, through 347am CDT - Chris in Tampa, 8/29/2021, 4:56 am
- Recon image of NOAA mission being about half way to storm as of 3:17am CDT - Chris in Tampa, 8/29/2021, 4:29 am
- Various tweets - Chris in Tampa, 8/29/2021, 4:18 am
- Tweets from New Orleans NWS - Chris in Tampa, 8/29/2021, 3:26 am
- Recon image through about 1:55am CDT - Chris in Tampa, 8/29/2021, 3:15 am
- Re: 2am CDT Saturday on Hurricane Ida: 130mph; Category 4; Major Hurricane Ida continues to strengthen - POCTX, 8/29/2021, 3:04 am
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