Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to strengthen to hurricane
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Melissa is expected to significantly strengthen by late Friday and over the weekend, when the storm could become a hurricane as early as Saturday.
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Tropical Storm Melissa Likely To Bring Prolonged, Life-Threatening, Heavy Rain, Destructive Winds To Jamaica; Rapid Intensification Likely
Melissa may be struggling now, but it is expected to rapidly intensify. It's also going to be a slow mover into early next week. Here's what that means for its forecast.
Jacksonville, Fl. — THE TROPICS: The Atlantic Basin Overview: 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.
With slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Saturday as it churns towards Jamaica and southwest Haiti, the United Nations said Friday it’s actively helping the Caribbean respond to any devastation.
The government of Jamaica has raised a hurricane watch for what is currently tropical storm Melissa and with the National Hurricane Center warning that
Jamaica’s two international airports would shutter their operations within 24 hours of the hurricane watch now in effect for the island being upgraded to a hurricane warning. For now, both the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay and the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston are operating as usual.