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The latest update on Hurricane Ida just came out. The NHC is now forecasting this to remain a hurricane and make a possible landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast Monday Night. Below is the 9pm forecast track.
The forecast track from the NHC from this morning is below, notice the change in forecast speed and location from the morning update which is below.
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Good Sunday bloggers! While our weather is warm and overall pretty quiet, a big weather story is developing off the coast of the Yucatan. Ida strengthened into a category 1 hurricane overnight. Right now Ida has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Below is the forecast path for the next several days.
Here is the visible satellite image of Ida this morning. The center of Ida is near the textured clouds between Cuba and the Yucatan. The clouds are associated with the tallest and strongest thunderstorms, likely in the eye wall. The eye has not become visible, and may not. Ida could strengthen a bit more before running into cooler waters in the central and northern Gulf of Mexico.
Now back to our weather for today. The only trick to today's forecast is cloud cover. There are some low clouds trying to develop as more moisture surged into the region overnight. Dew points are close to 60 degrees in spots. If more clouds develop today our highs would sit around 70, if we see more sun then mid-70s again.
Either way the 70s are done after today as a cold front nears the region on Monday. This should give us more clouds and also a chance of a few showers.
Overall there are no big cool downs in sight for the next 5-7 days. In fact, after a little dip early this week we could make a run toward 70 again! Below is the 500mb forecast map from the 6Z GFS for Thursday. This shows another west to southwest flow aloft which would provide us with highs at least in the 60s! So far November has been about the complete opposite of October temperature-wise.
Don't forget our winter forecast is just over a week away! This will help break down the winter and give you an excellent idea of what to expect for temperatures and snow! Have a great day and thank you for stopping by the Action Weather Blog!
Jeremy
