What is Storm history of Hurricane Ivan?
{{merge|Hurricane Ivan|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox Hurricane History | Name=Hurricane Ivan | Type=hurricane | Year=2004 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Ivan 2004 track.png | Image name=The path of Hurricane Ivan | Formed=September 2, 2004 | Dissipated=September 24, 2004 | 1-min winds=145 | Pressure=910 | Areas=[[Windward Islands]] (especially [[Grenada]]), [[Venezuela]], [[Jamaica]], [[Grand Cayman]], [[Cuba]], [[Alabama]], [[Florida]], and most of the eastern United States, (after rebirth) [[Texas]], [[Louisiana]] | Hurricane season=[[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} The '''storm history of [[Hurricane Ivan]]''', the longest tracked [[tropical cyclone]] of the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]], lasted from late [[August]] through late [[September]]. The hurricane developed from a [[tropical wave]] that moved off the coast of [[Africa]] on August 31. Moving westward from the effects of a [[ridge (meteorology)|ridge]], favorable conditions allowed it to develop into [[Tropical depression|Tropical Depression]] Nine on September 2 in the deep tropical [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The cyclone slowly intensified until September 5, when it underwent [[rapid deepening]] and reached Category 4 status on the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]]; at the time Ivan was the southernmost [[tropical cyclone scales|major]] [[Atlantic hurricane|hurricane]] on record. Ivan quickly weakened because of dry air, but it slowly reorganized itself, passing just south of [[Grenada]] as a major hurricane on September 7. The hurricane strengthened into a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] hurricane while in the central [[Caribbean Sea]]. Over next the days its intensity changed largely due to [[eye (cyclone)|eyewall replacement cycles]], and Ivan passed just south of [[Jamaica]], the [[Cayman Islands]], and western [[Cuba]] with winds at or slightly below Category 5 status. Turning northward and encountering unfavorable conditions, Ivan slowly weakened before making [[Landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] just west of [[Gulf Shores, Alabam