against ida. joining me now meteorologist michelle grossman who is, of course, tracking this storm. michelle, good day to you. very busy day. very concerning day. tell me how much more this storm could strengthen before making landfall. yesterday category 1 and we were speaking with you about that and then moves to category 4 in 24 hours. >> i know. hi, alex. i know, it exploded overnight. we saw it go from 80 miles per hour up to 150. we are really seeing it strengthen. it's in that perfect environment and swimming over waters of 90 degrees. some of the warmest waters on the planet. you don't need to be a meteorologist and look at this image and know it is a very dangerous storm and could pea catastrophic. look at that red coloring. the high clouds. the strong thunderstorms of ida also the well defined eye. this is a really crucial time in the next five to six hours before it makes landfall and now sort of a wait and see. as we look at satellite and radar. we're looking at radar and the