9 November 2009 - bulletin 658

NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN / Gulf of Mexico
HURRICANE Ida / 11L
Warning 23 from NHC for 1500 GMT
Position 26.5N 88.3W
Location 185 miles SSE of the mouth of the Mississippi River
Movement 340° (NNW) at 15 knots
Maximum sustained windspeeds 60 knots gusting to 75 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 200 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Southern USA
Next update 2100 GMT

Ida has weakened to tropical storm strength, and is succumbing to the hostile atmospheric and oceanic conditions. Its windfield covers a large area, and the area of heavy rain is moving ahead of the storm's centre. Ida will start to undergo transitioning to non-tropical status after making landfall on the northern Gulf coast and veer sharply east.

Please note: Warnings regarding Ida will only be relayed through the NHC for as long as the system is deemed to be a tropical cyclone. Once Ida is a non-tropical area of low pressure, the local weather agency advisories should be followed.

Hurricane local statements
Tallahassee FL
Mobile AL / Pensacola FL
Baton Rouge / New Orleans LA

All hurricane warnings and watches have been discontinued

Tropical storm warnings
USA: Grand Isle (Louisiana) to Aucilla River (Florida), including New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.

Rainfall totals
Rainfall totals of 3 to 5 inches, locally up to 8 inches are possible from the Gulf Coast northward into the eastern Tennessee Valley and the southern Appalachians.

Storm surge
Large and destructive waves will accompany a storm surge of 3 to 5 feet near the point of landfall.

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC for 1300 GMT 
System 91S
La Reunion designation 03/20092010
Position 4.2S 74.4E
Location 220 miles NNE of Diego Garcia
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation is downgraded to POOR

NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC for 0900 GMT
System 92B
Position 11.1N 71.3E
Location 300 miles WNW of Cochin, India
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation is upgraded to GOOD