Hurricane Melissa Advisory Number 29...Corrected
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
1100 AM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025

Corrected Tropical Storm Warning section to add Turks and Caicos

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 MELISSA ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL IN
JAMAICA...
...CATASTROPHIC WINDS, FLASH FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE OCCURRING ON
THE ISLAND...


SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.9N 77.9W
ABOUT 40 MI...60 KM SE OF NEGRIL JAMAICA
ABOUT 235 MI...380 KM SW OF GUANTANAMO CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...185 MPH...295 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...892 MB...26.34 INCHES

Historic, in the worst way.

Virginia and outer banks are having a miserable coastal storm today. Surfline's cameras at Jennette's Pier are clean and showing the surf mess.

Brevard seems set for an onshore wind surf bump tomorrow afternoon


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wavewatcher - >ww - >wavewatcher, again

Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 32A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
800 AM EDT Wed Oct 29 2025

...MELISSA CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER EASTERN CUBA AND WILL SOON EMERGE
INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC, BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS, FLOODING
RAINS, AND DANGEROUS STORM SURGE TO CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS TODAY...


SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.6N 75.7W
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM NW OF GUANTANAMO CUBA
ABOUT 205 MI...335 KM S OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...968 MB...28.59 INCHES

The storm looked like a saw blade just before it struck land.

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I was right.