The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite. observed Tropical Storm Ida on November 9, 2009 at 1218 UTC (7:18 a.m. ET) just before Ida made landfall. Ida made landfall at 6:40 a.m. ET on November 10. The satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images. Visualisers at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Md. used TRMM data to create a 3-D movie to better see the thunderstorms in Ida.
Hurricane Ida is forecast to make landfall in the United States probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 27 hours probability for TS is 85% in about 15 hours
