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Hurricane Melissa: After devastating western Jamaica, including Black River and Montego Bay, Melissa made a second landfall early this morning (around 3:10 am EDT) in eastern Cuba as a 120 mph Category 3 hurricane. Strong winds of up to hurricane force, a life threatening storm surge and extremely heavy rain with catastrophic flooding and mudslides […]
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Will Bring Catastrophic Damage To Jamaica, Especially Tonight & Tuesday
Major Hurricane Melissa: Melissa became a Category 5 monster hurricane earlier this morning & reports from reconnaissance aircraft indicate that the hurricane continues to strengthen even more. The latest update from reconnaissance aircraft indicate that Melissa has 165 mph maximum winds and a central barometric pressure of 908 millibars. This is about as bad as […]
Major Hurricane Melissa: Melissa underwent explosive strengthening last night with the hurricane intensifying from a minimal hurricane early Saturday afternoon to a 140 mph Category 4 hurricane as of this morning. The amount of strengthening is double the threshold of what’s needed for rapid strengthening. This means that the rate of strengthening that Melissa underwent […]
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 […]
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