Tropical Storm Ida forms in Caribbean; could enter Gulf - al.com

Tropical Storm Ida forms in Caribbean; could enter Gulf - al.com: "A late-season tropical depression quickly grew into Tropical Storm Ida in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on Wednesday. Local forecasters doubted it would significantly affect the Mobile area.

Ida was just east of Bluefields, Nicaragua, on Wednesday night and was moving northwest near 7 mph with maximum sustained winds at 65 mph. Some additional strengthening was possible prior to landfall, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center"