IMPACTS. SO THIS JTUS IN IT IS IDA. THAT’S RIGHT. TROPICAL STORM. IDA HAS FORMED WE EXPECT THAT RECONNAISSANCE IS IN THERE AND I’ON' INFORMATION THAT THIS HAS BEEN NAMED IDA THE MAX WSIN 40 MILES PER HOUR MOVING NORTHWEST AT 14 MILES PER HOUR. SO WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN HERISE A LOOKT A THE FORECAST TRACK AGAIN MOVING OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF CUBA IN THE GULF OF MEXICO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT EARLY SATURDAY FORECAST TO BECOME A TATTOO HURRICANE WITH WINDS OF 110. COULD BECOME AAT C 3 HURRICANE AND THAT FORECAST TRACK HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE EAST THAT MNSEA GREATER IMPACTS FOR US. SO HERES I A LOOK AT IDA. BASICALLY JUST TOHE T WEST OF JAMAICA MOVING TO THE NORTHSTWE THERE THAT FORECAST TRACK 70 MILE PER HOUR WINDS AS IT’S MOVING SATURDAY INTOHE T GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BIG CONCERN THAT IT’S MOVING OVER THIS DEEP HEAT OCEAN CONTENT WHERE THEHERE T ISN’T JUST WARMT A THE SURFACE. IT IS REALLY WARM DEEP DOWN FORECAST MODELS KIND OF ALL GROUPED OVER US SO THAT LETS YOU KNOW, YES, WE’VE GOT SOME CONCER TNSHEY’RE THE FORECAST TRACK. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS KEEP IN MIND, IT’S THE ETAS SIDE. THAT’S THE WORST SIDE WHAT THIS CONE TEL YLSOU IS TWO OUT OF THREE TIMES. THE CENTER IS IN THE CONE ONE OUT OF THREE TIMES. IT’S OUT OF THE COMB SOT I COULD BE OVER HERE OR IT COULD BE OVER HERE, TBU SAY IT STAYS ON THE TRACK THAT’S FORECAST, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE TO THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL ANDHE T EUROPEAN MODEL HAS ALSO SHIFTED. SO RIG IHTN HERE AND TERREBONNE BAY BIG STORM SURGE. ALSO GRAND ISLE PKOR THOUSAND AND THEN EXTENNGDI IONT SOUTHWEST PASS FOR PLAQUEMINES PARISH SAINT BERNARD PARISH, YOU ARE GNGOI TO GET THAT FORWARD PUSH OF THE WATER BEING PUSHED ON SHORE THEN YOU HAVE THE COUNTERCLOCK. EYES FLOWH WIT WATER BEING PUSHED IONT THE LAKE. SO HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? IT’S UPDATED AND THATRI BGHT YELLOW INDICATING A GOOD 10 15 INCHES. THIS IS 10 INCHES THAT’S SEVEN INCHES, SO IT’S LETTING YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET HEAVY RAIN BUT BIGGER CONCERNS, SO HERE IS A SYSTEM MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST. THIS IS SATURDAY. WE’VE GOT AN EAST WIND, SO WE’RE BEGINNING TO GET WATER PILING UP. THIS IS SUNDAY MORNING, AND THE WEATHER IS TOTALLY GOING DOWNHILL. SO YOU’VE GOT THAT STRONG ON SHORE FWLO EXPECT A WATER RISE RIGHT ALONG THE COAST AND A STORM SURGE WCHAT WILL BE ISSUED LIKELY TONIGHT ANGLO WITH A HURRICANE WATCH. SO THE FORWARD PUSH OF WERAT IS OCCURRING DAN THE WINDS ARE INCREASING AND WHEN YOU GET THAT RAIN BANDS YOU GET A PREYTT FAST RISE IN THE WATER HERE IS A LOOK AT THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL AND IT BRINGS IT ON SHORE RIGHT OVER BY PTOR FOURCHON. NOW THE EUROPEAN MODELS I MEOR OVER TERREBONNE PARISH, AND THAT’S WHERE THE HURRICANE NTCEER BASICALLY HAS THE SYSTEM MOVING ON SHORE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ISTH YOU CAN SEE YES INTO THE MISSSIISPPI GULF COAST. YOU'V’ GOT A BIG PUSH OF STORM SURGE AS WELL ON THE EAST SIDE OF A LANDFALLING SYSTEM. SO FROM THIS SIDE TO THE EAST THAT’S WHERE YOU GET THAT POTENTIAL FOR TORNAESDO AND IT SAYS THESE RAIN BANDS MOVE TO THE NOHRT WE ARE THIS IS SUNDAY NIGHT. JUST WEST OF THE LEAK KIND OF MOVING ACROSS LIVINGSTON PARHIS AND THEN MOVING NORTH. THIS IS MONDAY, AND IT'’ MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST, MISSISSIPPI. SO YOU’VE GOT A GOOD 24 HRSOU WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINOW N MOVING UP TOWARDS JACKSON, BUT YOU STILL HAVE RAIN BANDS THAT TAIL TTHA WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS THE EUROPEAN MODEL AND YOU CAN SEE IT’S JUST A LITTLE FAR. TO THE WEST REMEMBER THE GFS MODEL WAS OVER HERE. SO NOT VERY MUCH OF THE DIFFERENCE. THEN IT MOVES A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE NORTHWEST. REGARDLESS, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE IMPACT SO GBALLO FORECASTODEL M WEST CUBA FRIDAY NIGHT MOVGIN INTO SOUTHEAST GULF CTRENAL GULF SATURDAY NIGHT MORAJ RAIN BAND SUNDAY MORNING LANDFALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON KIND OF NEAR PORT FOURCHON AND THE HURRICANE CENTER A LTLITE BIT MORE. OFHE T WEST SO THIS IS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THE AND IS BEGINNING TO BLOW. SUNDAY MORNING, YOU’VE GOT TROPICALTO SRM FORCE WINDS AND THEY’RE REALLY BLOWING IN THE METRO TROPICAL FOREST WINDS NOONTIME AND THE METRO OVER 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS NOONTIME RIGHT ALONGHE T COAST GETTING UP TO 122 IS WHAT IS FORECAST HERE SUNDAY EVENING CLOSE TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND THEN BY 7:30 DEFINITELY OVER HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT YOU’VE GOT TO NOTICE. LOOK AT THE FLOW OF THE WIND, SO YOU’VE GOT A BIG PUSH OF WATER ON SHORE SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ON ETH NORTH SHORE OF THE LAKE AND ALSO ALL IN OUR BAYOUS. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT HERE. WE ARE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE WIND HAS BEEN BLOWING AND BLOWING TREES ARE COMING DOWN POWER LINES ARE COMING DOWN YOU WERE LOSING POWER. SO YOU DO NEED TO MAKE SEUR THAT YOU’VE GOT YOUR BATTERIES ALL CHARGE FOR YOUR FOR ANY WAY YOU GET NOT. HAITIANS FOR WHAT’S GOING ON? BECAUSE I MEAN IT’S IT’S THE WEATHER IS GOING DOWNHILL SHOULD THIS BE CORRECT? THIS IS SUNDAY NHTIG NOW, IT’S MOVING SLOWLY. THIS IS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT’S HARDLY MOV AEDT ALL AND SO FOR SNTAI HELENA PISARH, BUT LOOK TANGIPAHOA PIERCE, WASHINGTON PARHIS SAINT TAMMANY. YOU ARE AT RISK TO GET TORNADOES

Tropical Storm Ida expected to strengthen, enter Gulf of Mexico this weekend

Updated: 3:47 AM EDT Aug 27, 2021

Tropical Storm Ida is expected to strengthen as it heads toward the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. It is forecast to become a hurricane early Saturday in the southern Gulf of Mexico as it moves over the warm Gulf Loop Current.There is the potential for heavy rainfall. The Weather Prediction Center gives Southeast Louisiana a rainfall total of 7-15 inches of rain possible through Monday.Ida is moving northwest at 12 mph and has winds at 40 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for the Cayman Islands and portions of Western Cuba. On the current forecast track, all of Southeast Louisiana is in the cone with an expected landfall in south Louisiana sometime Sunday night. Additional strengthening is likely over the Gulf of Mexico, and Ida could be near major hurricane strength when it approaches the northern Gulf Coast.Ida could bring dangerous impacts from storm surge, wind, and heavy rainfall to portions of the coasts of Louisiana, Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas late this weekend and early next week. Watch the video above for the full story.

Tropical Storm Ida is expected to strengthen as it heads toward the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. It is forecast to become a hurricane early Saturday in the southern Gulf of Mexico as it moves over the warm Gulf Loop Current.

There is the potential for heavy rainfall. The Weather Prediction Center gives Southeast Louisiana a rainfall total of 7-15 inches of rain possible through Monday.

Ida is moving northwest at 12 mph and has winds at 40 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for the Cayman Islands and portions of Western Cuba.

On the current forecast track, all of Southeast Louisiana is in the cone with an expected landfall in south Louisiana sometime Sunday night.

Additional strengthening is likely over the Gulf of Mexico, and Ida could be near major hurricane strength when it approaches the northern Gulf Coast.

Ida could bring dangerous impacts from storm surge, wind, and heavy rainfall to portions of the coasts of Louisiana, Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas late this weekend and early next week.

Watch the video above for the full story.