Miami , Florida ( CNN ) -- Hurricane Ida made landfall Thursday morning over east central Nicaragua , pelting the Central American nation with heavy rain and weakening to a tropical storm . At 1 p.m . ET , Ida had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph ( 100 kph ) with higher gusts , the National Hurricane Center said . It was earlier a Category 1 Hurricane with 75 mph winds . Flash floods and mudslides in Nicaragua and Honduras are expected . Because Ida is a slow-moving storm -- it had been nearly stationary for the past few hours , the hurricane center said -- rainfall totals could approach 30 inches in some locations . The storm is expected to weaken as it moves over Nicaragua and into Honduras , the National Hurricane Center said . Are you ready for Ida ? Share your photos , videos and stories . Ida is forecast to emerge into the western Caribbean Sea on Saturday morning and then slowly move toward the north-northwest , brushing past Cancun , Mexico , on Monday afternoon . After that , forecast models offer a variety of possibilities as to which way the storm could head and how intense it could be . Ida , or remnants of the storm , could make landfall anywhere along the U.S. Gulf Coast late next week . It is too early to pinpoint a specific location . Track Ida 's projected path . Coastal flooding and dangerous riptides will be possible this weekend along coastal Louisiana and Mississippi because of an area of low pressure in the western Gulf of Mexico and a strong area of high pressure over the mid-Atlantic Ocean . Ida may contribute to the abnormally high tides early next week . Ida is the Atlantic region 's ninth named storm . The Atlantic hurricane season ends November 30 . CNN meteorologist Sean Morris contributed to this report .
Ida moved ashore in Nicaragua as Category 1 hurricane . As much as 10 inches of rain could be expected , National Hurricane Center says . Storm could hit the Gulf the next day . Track ##er 's progress with CNN 's Hurricane Tracker .