Hurricane Ida has moved into the Southern Gulf of Mexico and is currently a category 2 storm. Top winds were near 100mph and the storm was located around 500 miles south/southeast of the Mississippi River earlier Sunday afternoon.  Ida is moving north/northwest at 10mph. An upper level disturbance over Texas should keep Ida on a northbound course through Monday. The storm could be nearing the northern Gulf of Mexico by Monday evening, somewhere south of Mobile Bay in Alabama.

Hurricane force winds could be felt from the coast of Louisiana all the way east to the Florida Panhandle starting Monday afternoon on through Tuesday Morning. A hurricane watch has been issued from Grand Isle, Louisiana to Mexico Beach, Florida.

Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency for the state earlier today. The Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana State Police and  Wildlife and Fisheries agencies have been placed on alert.