Ida Intensifying Rapidly

Uh oh…Here we go. When a hurricane's inner core briefly gets shaped like a pentagon, with three or four white overshooting top signatures, observed on these IR loops I know the system is rapidly deepening. That process started around 10:30 PM EDT for #Ida. pic.twitter.com/ZMu4s111Cb

— Guy Walton (@climateguyw) August 29, 2021

#Ida is a bowling ball headed straight down the center of the #COVID19 bowling alley https://t.co/be2KFUB2si pic.twitter.com/YbMqNZazAk

— Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) August 27, 2021

Here is the current view of #HurricaneIda churning over the Gulf of Mexico, courtesy of the #GOESEast 🛰️.

Get the latest on #Ida: https://t.co/arzjJiHnjF pic.twitter.com/v4ExyaVAcx

— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 28, 2021