Hurricane Ida Wind Speed Right Now. Hurricane Ida is slowly weakening but remains a high-end Category 2 as of 11 pm with 105-mph winds. CDT with a maximum sustained wind speed of 150 mph.
Hurricane Ida has weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph according to a 7 pm. Advisory that Ida was sustaining 150 mph winds and had slowed to 13 mph as it drew within 60 miles of the Mississippi Rivers mouth and. CDT southwest of Galliano with a maximum sustained wind speed of 145 mph.
Near Idas center wind gusts of 120-160 mph are possible and an.
Last year Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana with 150 mph winds said meteorologist Steve Bowen head of Catastrophe Insight for the risk insurance and consulting firm Aon. The storm is centered 30 miles east-southeast of Baton Rouge as it heads to the north at 9 mph. It is now on the brink of becoming a Category 5 hurricane with measured winds exceeding 150 mph. With sustained winds of 150 mph at landfall Ida tied the Last Island Hurricane in 1856 and Hurricane Laura in 2020 as the strongest to strike Louisiana based on wind speed.
