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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. |