AT 500 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MELISSA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE30.2 NORTH, LONGITUDE 69.7 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OFBERMUDA.
MELISSA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH, AN EVEN FASTERMOTION TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY. A GRADUAL TURNTOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK,THE CENTER OF MELISSA IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE NORTHWEST OF BERMUDATHIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLECHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY THROUGH EVENING, BUT A WEAKENING TREND ISEXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EARLY FRIDAY.
AT 500 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MELISSA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
30.2 NORTH, LONGITUDE 69.7 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
BERMUDA.
MELISSA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH, AN EVEN FASTER
MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY. A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK,
THE CENTER OF MELISSA IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY THROUGH EVENING, BUT A WEAKENING TREND IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EARLY FRIDAY.
