Hurricane Ida expected to reach Gulf tomorrow,tropical storm warnings in effect for Grand Cayman, Cuba.

Tropical Storm Ida is intensifying and expected to reach hurricane strength tomorrow night – when it also is projected to move into the Gulf of Mexico.

The storm currently is over the northwest Caribbean, about 255 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Mexico’s government has issued a hurricane watch for the Yucatan peninsula. A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Grand Cayman Island. The government of Cuba also has issued a tropical storm warning.

Ida, which is moving north at about 9 mph, is expected to dump about 5 inches of rain over parts of the Yucatan and western Cuba today. The storm may weaken some after it enters the Gulf.

A potential track may bring the storm toward the Sunshine State by the middle of next week, said meteorologists at the hurricane center.

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