Everybody's focused on the storm but I'm focused on the up coming cool down. All the models are now showing it. The euro is now actually the cooler model in the post day 7 range.
Here's RAH long range:
("........A southward sinking cold
front moving through the Great Lakes and Northeast
should inhibit further northward advancement of Ida, helping usher
it east-northeastward to off the mid-Atlantic or Northeast US coast
Wednesday night/Thursday. The
front and trailing Canadian high, are
expected to push through the area by Thursday. The
ECMWF still keeps
a low off the
NC coast through Thursday night, but confidence in
that is low at this time. As for temperatures, Wednesday highs will
depend somewhat on how quickly Ida moves through, but generally
expect low 80s NW to around 90 degrees SE. With cool high pressure
building in Wednesday night and Thursday, highs Thursday in the
upper 70s north to mid 80s south are expected. Lows could see the
most drastic drop, from mid to upper 60s on Wed night down to upper
50s to mid 60s Thu night."