Hurricane Melissa October 2025

[William Monfredo]

While the US coastline experiences its biggest lull in hurricane landfalls in a decade, Hurricane Melissa heads towards eastern Jamaica, poised to create a multitude of problems there later this weekend & beyond. Infrared image from 22:20Z, GOES 19 Band 13, shows an intensified system that will soon grow into a major hurricane, albeit a slow-moving one for the next few days.

 

[William Monfredo]

Sixty-two years ago, another major Hurricane lingered in the Caribbean in October (NCEP).
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1963's Hurricane Flora produced benchmark rains along a slow-moving & loopy path.
Cuba, for example, saw 100 + inches in spots. The storm also killed over 7000 people.

 

[Warren Faidley]

Not chasing Hurricane Melissa. Lack of infrastructure in the face of a possible Category 5 in a poor nation is not my idea of fun. Good luck to those who are going after it.

 

[Warren Faidley]

I'm amazed at how many chasers with little or no experience are pursuing Hurricane Melissa -- per social media. Love the quest for adventure, but trying to tackle a Cat-5 on a tiny island with very poor infrastructure, including no elevated coastal highways for last minute repositioning, is a recipe for disaster. I've also been told by residents in Jamaica that many of the coastal buildings are no "up to code."