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After bringing hurricane conditions to Bermuda last night, Melissa has become extra-tropical as it now heads rapidly northeastward into the open Atlantic. Because of this, we can now finally close the books on this terrible hurricane that brought so much devastation. The rest of the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf are quiet today and no tropical […]
Hurricane Melissa: Melissa is on its way to Bermuda & will impact the island later this afternoon and tonight. Reconnaissance aircraft investigating Melissa have found that the hurricane is about a 105 mph hurricane with a 965 minimum barometric pressure. Additionally, satellite imagery reveals that an eye wall seems to be wrapping around what appears […]
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 […]
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