Hurricane Ida advisory for 7 a.m.
Satellite images indicate that Ida has strengthened to a hurricane.
At 7 a.m. the government of Nicaragua has issued a hurricane warning for the east coast of Nicaragua from Bluefields northward to Puerto Cabeza. Hurricane force winds are expected somewhere within the warning area during the next several hours.
A hurricane watch remains in effect for the eastern coast of Nicaragua from north of Puerto Cabeza to the Honduras/Nicaragua border.
A tropical storm warning remains in effect for the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border northward to Bluefields and from north or Puerto Cabeza to the Honduras/Nicaragua border.
At 7 a.m. the center of Hurricane Ida was located about 60 miles north-northeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua and about 85 miles south of Puerto Cabeza, Nicaragua.
Ida is moving toward the northeast near 7 mph and a gradual turn to the north-northeast is expected during the next day or two. On the forecast track, Ida will make landfall along the eastern coast of Nicaragua this morning and move across portions of eastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras during the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph with higher gusts. Ida is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Weakening is expected as Ida moves inland over Nicaragua today.