ATL: IDA - Remnants - Discussion

[wx98]

Eye temp just broke into the positives on ADT

Warming very fast…

[kevin]

Now that is the best looking system at cat 1 I have seen

True, even though I'm pretty sure post-season analysis will update the best track to be a cat 2 sooner. But at least for now this is definitely the best looking system officially categorized as a cat 1.

[Kohlecane]

Nice blowup Northern side of that eye

[tallywx]

Look at the length of those spiral bands, such a beautiful system. Almost looks like a WPAC Typhoon.

Hugo had that photogenic look too. As with here, ULL to the SW helps stretch out those spiral bands.

[Hurrilurker]

Looks like those dry channels/moats are finally filling in.

[bella_may]

This is a good bit east of projected track right now

[Hurrilurker]

Unlikely but not impossible the intensity jumps from Cat 1 to Cat 4 between recons, since it's clearly intensifying rapidly and the planes won't be in it for hours yet. I'll be shocked if they don't find support for at least Cat 3.

[galaxy401]

The title of the topic mentions it's now a Cat 2. However, I don't see any new advisory yet from the NHC. What's the source? Twitter?

[Category5Kaiju]

Oh looks like a Cat 2 upgrade has happened. So it’s definitely on schedule, at least so far. Who knows if it’ll jump ahead sooner rather than later?

[ElectricStorm]

Haven't seen any Cat 2 update yet

[ScottNAtlanta]

This buoy is going to be close to the center soon

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page. ... tion=42003

[Kohlecane]

looking at impacts to Isle of Youth when IDA was a newborn, and to think this thing is gonna get stronger

[Nimbus]

Went out for a couple hours this morning came back and buoy 42003 some distance from the center has surface pressures plummeting 9 mb's in the last 2 hours.

[FLpanhandle91]

Hot tower on the northern eyewall popping right now. Could see rapid intensification for the next 24 to 36 hours.

[ScottNAtlanta]

Went out for a couple hours this morning came back and buoy 42003 some distance from the center has surface pressures plummeting 9 mb's in the last 2 hours.

Winds sustained a little over 40kts at 12:16 central time

[ElectricStorm]

Eyewall looks complete on IR now

[skyline385]

Those bands are getting thicc, going to be a chonky system

[Meteorcane]

Not surprising to see convective structure improve in general, with cooler cloud tops/generally deeper convection given the increasing OHC it is moving into. It was actually in a local instability minimum earlier this morning, which likely (along with some lingering effects of the Cuba interaction) resulted in the somewhat messy convective pattern.

[jhpigott]

https://i.imgur.com/JzC9cJu.jpg

Uncanny (and slightly frightening) resemblance

[cycloneye]

BULLETIN
Hurricane Ida Intermediate Advisory Number 9A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
100 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...IDA INTENSIFYING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...
...PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION TODAY IN THE WARNING AREA ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST...


SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...25.5N 86.6W
ABOUT 290 MI...470 KM SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 380 MI...610 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...155 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...976 MB...28.82 INCHES