The Landfall of Tropical Storm Ida

Ida has weakened today and will make landfall overnight as a strong tropical storm. A lot of the storm’s rain is onshore, displaced from the actual center of the storm which is still not inland. The center will probably come ashore around 2 am on the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coasts. Winds along the coasts have been gusting upwards of 50 mph, while waves have been breaking at 15 to 20 feet. As Ida moves onshore, it will become connected with another area of low pressure and a cold front, creating a mess of a system for the eastern United States.