Tropical Storm Ida was moving east-southeast Tuesday, but hasn’t seen much change in strength as it swirls over the Atlantic.
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Ida had a maximum sustained wind speed of 50 mph at 4am, and was just over a thousand miles east of the northern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.
Tropical Storm Ida has changed direction but still remains no threat to the Caribbean. A continued slow eastward or east-southeastward motion is expected today through Wednesday.
This one wasn’t tropical, but forecasters left open the possibility that it could acquire some subtropical characteristics as it moves westward slowly over the next few days.
The system is moving toward the northwest near 17 miles per hour.
Ida is the ninth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began in June and ends in November.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1,005 mb (29.68 inches). Ida is forecast to become almost stationary by Tuesday.
Forecaster Avila of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted that “Ida continues to be a sheared cyclone with the low-level center located to the northwest of an area of very deep convection”.
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Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles from the center.
