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Reconnaissance aircraft investigating Melissa are finding that it is rapidly strengthening this evening. In fact, the most recent reports from them indicate that it is at least a 105-110 mph hurricane right now, even though the 8 pm advisory showed 100 mph maximum winds. It is extremely evident on satellite imagery that Melissa is wrapping […]

Tropical Storm Melissa: Reconnaissance aircraft investigating Melissa this morning have found that it is very close to hurricane strength & probably will become one by the end of today. While some westerly shear is still affecting Melissa, it is still undergoing steady strengthening. All indications are pointing towards Melissa rapidly strengthening over the next couple […]

Reconnaissance aircraft are currently investigating Melissa this evening and have found that the storm is now strengthening. Latest reports reveal that the central barometric pressure with Melissa has fallen to 991 to 993 millibars, which is a drop of 4 millibars from early this afternoon. The main reason why I am sending out this update […]

Tropical Storm Melissa: Reconnaissance aircraft have been flying through Melissa all morning long. They have found that the deep convection associated with Melissa has tugged the low-level center to the east-southeast as compared to where it was located just last night. This has caused the storm to stack a little more with the low and […]

Tropical Storm Melissa: Melissa is being impacted by west-southwesterly wind shear of up to 20-30 knots today & because of this the low-level center is partially exposed. In addition, this west-southwesterly wind shear is blowing the deepest convection to the east of the low-level center. As of right now, Melissa still has 50 mph maximum […]

Tropical Storm Melissa: Even though Melissa is producing deep convection, most of this convection is being blown to the east of the low-level center. The reason for this is due to westerly wind shear of 20-30 knots impacting the storm. Because of this, any strengthening over the past 12-24 hours has been very slow. Still […]