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Tropical Hurricane Ida

It will definitely cross a portion of Cuba but given that the terrain is flat, it will spend little time over land and the fact that this storm has a large circulation and a very impressive large upper level high developing over it creating excellent outflow I would not expect it to slow the intensification down.
 
At this point I wouldn’t look at global s in regards to exact pressure … they usually end up throwing out higher storm pressures when in reality the storm is deeper… I would look more towards the Hurricane models for more specific trends in intensity in the future .. at this point all the globals do is assure us that a Hurricane will be in a very good environment in the Gulf headed towards the gulf coast
 
I think they might find something NE of there....IF they don't, I think 1 of 2 things are going to happen..... This will stay weak, maybe a TS at best until it crosses Cuba, OR....this will form NE (under the deep convection plume) (closer to Cuba) and can strengthen more.Screen Shot 2021-08-26 at 4.59.24 PM.png
 
I think they might find something NE of there....IF they don't, I think 1 of 2 things are going to happen..... This will stay weak, maybe a TS at best until it crosses Cuba, OR....this will form NE (under the deep convection plume) (closer to Cuba) and can strengthen more.View attachment 89236

That's the notion I was spit balling earlier today and the track ramifications if it does.
 
I might get yelled at by some, lol....but this thing looks sloppy at best. Recon suggests a very weak, maybe lopsided, or stretched LLC. I would think it needs to either re-locate or this will be a sloppy mess heading for Cuba.
 
Tropical Storm Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
520 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...AIR FORCE PLANE FINDS DEPRESSION A TROPICAL STORM...
 
Kind've sloppy buzzsaw by gfs. I imagine it'll be more symmetric than this

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Although we might be able to conclude that .. we could look for a hopeful possibility that maybe that shear coming off of the hurricane in the Pacific may help us out by shearing off center a bit of the convection making IDA have to try harder to maintain a hot look … could keep her at a manageable level of cat 3 even though that it still bad
 
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