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All indications are that Tropical Storm Ida will turn into a hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, slowly approach the tip of the Mississippi Delta by Monday, take a right turn along the Gulf Coast and head east. This will keep the hurricane force winds (yes, there will be some sections of this storm that reach hurricane strength and then some) to the WEST side of the storm. Normally, the Northeast side of the storm will pack the higher winds, but not this time. This is an odd hurricane to be certain.

The storm will head EAST, current predictions have it, from the Mississippi coast to the Florida panhandle and then --

Get this --

UPDATE SUNDAY AM: Current predictions are that the storm will actually make it onshore, crossing the coastline of Alabama/Florida and THEN stall and break apart in Southern Georgia. Then the remnants would travel southeast.

Travel SOUTHEAST. This would have it track along the Florida coastline as well. That's right. Current predictions Saturday afternoon have the thing rimming the entire eastern Gulf of Mexico, something I only thought Lindsey Lohan would be able to do.

Ida once it moves down the coast would then break up over Tampa and quickly move across the peninsula of Florida and into the Atlantic. A lot of rough surf is in the forecast, but at this point there's little need for anything more than preparation.