Tropical Weather : Weather Underground

Tropical Weather : Weather Underground: "The center of Ida is now devoid of deep convection...as the coldest
cloud tops have continued to shear off toward the north and east
over the past several hours. Data from aircraft reconnaissance show
that the central pressure has slowly risen to 999 mb. The highest
850-mb flight level wind reported by the hurricane hunter aircraft
was 53 kt at 0733 UTC...and the highest reliable SFMR winds were
around 40 kt. Winds at the numerous marine platforms along the
Gulf Coast have also been slowly decreasing over the past few hours.
Based on all this...the initial intensity is lowered to 45 kt for
this advisory. A gradual spin down of the system is forecast...
although Ida is still expected to be at tropical storm intensity
when it completes extratropical transition later today. Most of the
guidance shows the low-level circulation of Ida being absorbed into
a frontal zone associated with a baroclinic low that develops off
the southeast U.S. Coast in about 48 hours."