We now have the dreaded “M” on the official NHC forecast for #Melissa

HAFS-B is really trying to make a run for Honduras and Nicaragua with a plummeting central pressure below 900 mb. Absolutely diabolical. This is NOT currently a forecast, but weather models are showing these extreme scenarios that are within the realm of possibility. The

Tropical Storm Melissa will soon become a powerful hurricane. Those in Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba should be preparing for extreme impacts, especially due to rainfall.

Jamaica could quite literally be facing its worst hurricane in recorded history.

Weather models have been oddly consistent with an extremely active weather pattern across Western Europe, effecting Portugal and Spain particularly severely as we go into November. Don’t take the graphic below seriously at this point, but notice the incredible amount of rain

#Tempo: De 27/Out a 2/Nov esperam-se, em Portugal Continental, episódios frequentes de precipitação e valores elevados na sua quantidade. Continuam a registar-se valores da temperatura superiores ao normal para a época 👉 tinyurl.com/3jsvt8bc

📝 European Rainfall Anomaly for October 28 — Nov 4. Portugal and parts of Spain will likely have the most anomalous rainfall in the entire continent, as several Atlantic lows slam into Iberia one after the other.

Keep the people of Jamaica in your thoughts. Melissa will likely be one of the worst hurricanes in recorded history for the island (maybe even the absolute worst), as it slowly approaches at Category 4-5 intensity unleashing extreme rainfall, destructive winds, and severe storm

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Hurricane Melissa lurks just south of Haiti and Jamaica on this Saturday evening. Rapid intensification is expected going into Sunday. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion across Jamaica and Haiti. Those in Cuba and Bahamas should also be

Melissa is rapidly intensifying. As of the latest update, Melissa is a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph and gusts of 140. The barometric pressure has fallen to 958 millibars and is moving WSW at about 5 mph. ❗️Extreme impacts are expected across Jamaica over

Please keep the people of Jamaica in your thoughts in the coming days. They are facing an absolute beast of a hurricane, which is unfortunately shaping up to be the worst storm to hit Jamaica in all of recorded history… this means it will be the worst hurricane in at least the

Nice evening in Nazaré, Portugal before very stormy weather moves into Iberia throughout the next several days.

What an absolute horror to see right before Melissa takes her northward turn towards Jamaica — and it’s still not done intensifying. You know it’s bad when a hurricane looks so perfect.

THE EYE OF MELISSA: On the entirety of planet Earth, there's no place else experiencing the type of indescribable weird, eeriness that's found within the eye of a high-end hurricane. It's poetically sinister; destruction juxtaposed with peace. A timeless "time out" of sorts

I’ve lived through more hurricanes than I can count… in different countries, different latitudes, different seasons of my life, and yet I have never felt the kind of unease that has been sitting in my chest these past few days. It’s a slow, crawling kind of dread that refuses to

The sun has risen over Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, lurking just south of Jamaica. The next 48 hours across the island will be catastrophic.