let s go back to hurricane ida. our meteorologist tom sater is in the cnn weather center tracking the path. we re supposed to get an update from the national weather service. just moments ago, the 11:00 p.m. advisory is giving us interesting information. there is no change in the sustained winds that have been holding at 105. it s quite interesting because this has been over very warm waters, what we call the gulf of mexico loop, a stream of very warm waters. it hasn t changed its intensity. however, it s moving into much warmer waters. that s fuel and it s going to create intensification. the pressure, however, is dropping 2 millibars an hour. it takes a while for the winds to react to the dropping pressure. so it is strengthening. still a category 2. the new track has come out and it jumps from a category 3 to a category 4 by morning. there s your intensification. still looks to have landfall around midday, roughly a 1:00 p.m. hour central daylight time, local time. after
let s begin with our meteorologist danger van dam on the ground in louisiana not par from port fourchon. we ve seen conditions deteriorating there rapidly. what are you experiencing? reporter: yeah. wolf, this is the stuff of nightmares as we eye down a monster hurricane that is only 30 miles away from the location where i m located. it s unfolding before our eyes. conditions deteriorating as you mentioned. an extreme wind warning continues to pop up on our screen. my team, our phones continue to blare, because that is held specially for these moments. the national weather service reserves it for critical life threatening winds in excess of 110 miles per hour. that is approaching, because we understand that the eye of major hurricane ida is moving toward this direction. now, the concerns here is that the storm has made land fall. there are people within the path of the eye. just like homa, louisiana where i m located. what you re going to see so you understand what you re g
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