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nitpicked

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Sun Oct 26, 2025, 05:00 AM Sunday

Melissa now Cat 4 [View all]

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/260855.shtml

Hurricane Melissa Advisory Number 20
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
500 AM EDT Sun Oct 26 2025

...MELISSA NOW A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...
...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF JAMAICA AND SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA THROUGH
MIDWEEK...


SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.3N 76.3W
ABOUT 120 MI...195 KM SSE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 280 MI...450 KM SSW OF GUANTANAMO CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...220 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...944 MB...27.88 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.
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Melissa now Cat 4 [View all] nitpicked Sunday OP
Jamaican proverb for Melissa malaise Sunday #1
I'm thinking about you. LuckyCharms Sunday #2
Be safe, malaise. MiHale Sunday #3
Just want you and yours to be safe. hamsterjill Sunday #6
Please be smart, be careful, be caring and be safe. JMCKUSICK Sunday #4
Might be slightly overestimated at this moment nitpicked Sunday #5
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