Tropical Depression Ida is currently moving off the Honduran Coast and back into the Caribbean Sea. This system will likely strengthen to Tropical Storm status and track into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Monday. Upper wind shear should keep Ida from becoming a hurricane. We expect Ida to become non tropical as it merges with a frontal zone on Tuesday, over the central Gulf. The system should head eastward towards Florida by Wednesday.

We don’t expect any major impacts here, other than a good bit of rain on Tuesday. Tides may also be 1-2 feet above normal on Monday and Tuesday mornings, affecting the Causeway, the West End of Dauphin Island, and other low coastal areas. It will also be rather breezy Mon-Wed as the pressure gradient tightens.