Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to be major hurricane
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Forecasting models on Thursday continued to promise Florida had a low risk of getting walloped by Tropical Storm Melissa, with Tampa Bay largely in the clear even if the southern part of the state feels some of the storm’s eventual fury.
Will it rain today? Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 to Nov. 30, 2025, with most tropical storm activity between August and October in Florida.
Jacksonville, Fl. — THE TROPICS: The Atlantic hurricane season is June 1st through Nov. 30th. (1) A Hurricane WATCH: Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with theDominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince & Jamaica.
The Caribbean Sea has been void of storms this season. That may change this week with Invest 98L likely to develop.
Long-term model runs of the system show two scenarios: one that pulls the system over Hispaniola this week and out into the Atlantic Ocean, the other depicts the system stalling in the Caribbean and eventually affecting Cuba, though missing Florida.