Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft measured flight-level winds of 154 knots and confirmed a central pressure of 917 mb inside Melissa’s eye — signs of an extremely powerful storm. The hurricane’s eye is just 10 nautical miles wide and surrounded by cloud tops colder than –86 °C, evidence of deep convection and explosive intensification. Melissa is expected to gradually turn northwest and then north before accelerating northeastward across southeastern Cuba and the Bahamas by midweek. Th

Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft measured flight-level winds of 154 knots and confirmed a central pressure of 917 mb inside Melissa’s eye — signs of an extremely powerful storm. The hurricane’s eye is just 10 nautical miles wide and surrounded by cloud tops colder than –86 °C, evidence of deep convection and explosive intensification. Melissa is expected to gradually turn northwest and then north before accelerating northeastward across southeastern Cuba and the Bahamas by midweek. Th

Ce bulletin fournit des détails techniques sur la structure et la trajectoire de l'ouragan Melissa, ainsi qu'une information cruciale concernant la sécurité : Structure et Intensité (Catégorie 5) : * Gradient de température impressionnant : L'œil de l'ouragan est analysé à -5°C, tandis que les sommets convectifs du mur de l'œil sont extrêmement froids, atteignant -85°C}. Ce gradient thermique très marqué témoigne de l'intensité et de la puissance extrême du cyclone (plus l'écart est grand, plus

🌀 NORTHEAST WEATHER ALERT – HURRICANE MELISSA UPDATE Valid: Tuesday Morning – Landfall Imminent in Jamaica Good morning everyone. Hurricane Melissa an extremely powerful and life-threatening Category 5 hurricane, and the window to prepare has all but closed for Jamaica. Landfall is now just hours away. At this hour, Melissa is packing sustained winds near 175 mph with gusts that could easily approach 200 mph in the most intense eyewall bands. This is a monster hurricane—one capable of catastrop