THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM MELISSA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 12PM WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER, 2025.
...MELISSA DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWARD IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN…HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF HISPANIOLA AND JAMAICA OVER THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK...
AT 11:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MELISSA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 73.6° WESTOR ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI AND ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
MELISSA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 2 MILES PER HOUR. A CONTINUED SLOW FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOLLOWED BY A TURN BACK WESTWARD BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 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 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND MELISSA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY FRIDAY.
