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UPDATE 2: Tropical Storm Ida nears landfall
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AP Photo: Guillermo Arias (T.S. Rick, Oct. 21, 2009)
Tropical Storm Ida is nearing landfall along the east coast of Nicaragua.
The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) puts the storm’s maximum sustained winds at 65 miles per hour. That’s 9 miles per hour shy of a Category 1 hurricane.
As of 10 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, Tropical Storm Ida was centered about 60 miles northeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, and moving off toward the west-northwest at seven miles per hour. For those of you plotting the storm at home on your hurricane tracking chart, that’s latitude 12.5 N and longitude 83.1 W. The storm is expected to slow down and make more of a jog toward the northwest over the next day or two.
The NHC said, “Ida could approach hurricane intensity before making landfall” along the Nicaraguan coast sometime early Thursday. As a result, hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings are now in effect. The biggest concern with Tropical Storm Ida, right now, is the potential for very heavy rains and devastating mudslides.
Some of the updated computer models from Weather Underground take this storm across Nicaragua and into the Gulf of Mexico. If that happens, the storm could potentially become big rainmaker for people living in the already flood-soaked states of Louisiana and Mississippi. As for Tampa (and the rest of Florida), Tropical Storm Ida does not appear to be a huge threat. But, forecast models often change, so everyone should still keep their eye on this storm.
Tropical Storm Ida is the 9th-named storm of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ends November 30.
Keep checking back with the Tampa Weather Examiner for all the latest on the developments in the tropics. You can also check with the National Hurricane Center for any overnight advisories. (Those are out at 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. (EST).)
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