Hurricane Ida forecast to reach winds of 140mph

Hurricane Ida forecast to reach winds of 140mph

Ida continues to strengthen & once it gets into the Gulf tomorrow, the very warm water will act as octane fuel.

It is expected to become a category 4 before it reaches Louisiana on Sunday.

HURRICANE, CINDY CAN YOU TELL USMORE ABOUT WHAT THE WEATHER WILLBE LOOKING LIKE THIS WEEKEND?WE’RE CHECKINGShowers and storms will contueinacross the area into theweekend, mainly during theafternoon.

Ida will track westof our area with most of therain bands remaining offshore.There will be a higher chancefor showers and storms onSaturday as Ida bypasses etharea.

Next week will see more ofthe same, with partly cloudykises and daily storm chances.As Ida moves northeast acrossthe southeast US, the wdsin willshift onshore focusing most ofthe afternoon storms inland f