NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM MELISSA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM WEDNESDAY 22ND, OCTOBER 2025

....MELISSA RE-FORMS TO THE NORTHEAST

HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF HISPANIOLAAND JAMAICA...

AT 500 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MELISSA WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 73.5 WEST. MELISSA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH (11 KM/H). A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, MELISSA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH JAMAICA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF HAITI LATER THIS WEEK.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH (85 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND MELISSA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON THURSDAY