Tropical Storm Ida get stronger in the Atlantic

At 4 a.m. Monday, Tropical Storm Idea had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was about 1,035 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands as ot moved north northwest at 8 mph.

Ida is expected to continue on a west-northwest path for the next day or so, then nearly stop in its tracks.

Forecasters say Ida may become a hurricane by the weekend, although its extremely slow motion may cause some upwelling of colder waters, potentially affecting its future intensity.

Ida is the ninth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began in June and ends in November.

An area of disturbed weather off the U.S. East Coast had only a 10 percent chance of development on Sunday morning.

Ida had maximum sustained winds near 45 miles per hour and is moving around 13 miles per hour .

All evidence points to the depression weakening to a remnant in the next few days as increased westerly wind shear works its magic to disrupt the storm’s organization. The present forecast calls for Ida to remain far from land, posing little threat, through at least Saturday.