Ida made a second landfall just southwest of Galliano around 2:00 PM CDT with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (125 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 934 millibars (27.58 inches). With little change in strength, Ida made landfall along the Southeastern Louisiana coast near Port Fourchon around 11:55 AM CDT Augwith maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (130 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 931 millibars (27.49 inches), as shown by satellite and radar imagery. Reconnaissance aircraft found that Ida reached a minimum central pressure of 929 millibars (27.43 inches) around 7 AM CDT when the center of the eye was located about 50 miles southwest of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. Ida continued to strengthen with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 mph (120 knots) by 4 AM CDT, and 150 mph (130 knots) by 6 AM CDT. Ida began the second and more explosive intensification period when reconnaissance aircraft found Ida reaching category 3 hurricane status with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (100 knots) by 1 AM CDT August 29 th, and category 4 status by 2 AM CDT with winds of 130 mph (115 knots). Ida’s intensity leveled off through the evening hours. The first of two rapid intensification periods began later that afternoon when Ida intensified to a category 2 hurricane by 1 PM CDT with winds leveling off to 105 mph (90 knots). Once over the Gulf of Mexico, Ida slowly strengthened through 10 AM CDT on August 28th.
Ida made a second landfall in the Cuban province of Pinar Del Rio a little after 6 PM that evening and emerged over the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico 3 hours later. Tropical Storm Ida continued to strengthen, and was upgraded to a hurricane just before crossing the Isle of Youth, Cuba by 1 PM CDT August 27 th. The depression continued to strengthen, and was named Tropical Storm Ida by 7 PM CDT. By 10 AM CDT August 26 th, the disturbance became better organized with a closed surface low, with advisories being initiated on Tropical Depression #9. On August 23rd, the National Hurricane Center began monitoring a tropical wave across the Eastern Caribbean Sea for future development across the Western Caribbean. Above: GOES 16 GeoColor Satellite Image of Hurricane Ida at 1701 UTC (12:01 PM CDT) on August 29, 2021.
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