Looks like the NOAA hurricane hunter plane just passed through #Ida's eye again and found it even stronger: 145kt flight level, 131kt SFMR estimated surface winds.

If that holds, #Ida would now have winds equivalent to Laura (2020), Louisiana's strongest-ever hurricane landfall.
This supports an increase in #Ida's sustained winds to 150mph, just 10mph below Category 5.

We'll wait for @NHC_Atlantic to confirm in about 30 minutes.
New dropsonde data from this NOAA hurricane hunter center pass inside #Ida show winds of 161kt about 1000 ft above the surface, and a central pressure of 936mb. That might be enough for an upgrade to Category 5.
NHC Update, 6am CT:

Hurricane #Ida's sustained winds are now 150mph — equivalent to last year's Hurricane Laura.

Hurricane #Ida's central pressure is now 935mb — 1mb stronger than Laura.

At this strength, Ida will be the strongest hurricane landfall in Louisiana history. Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane

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