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nitpicked

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1. 8 am edt update

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Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:21 AM

Friday

Tropical Storm Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 12A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
800 AM EDT Fri Oct 24 2025

...MELISSA DRIFTING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD AS RECONNAISSANCE
INVESTIGATES THIS MORNING...
...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA AND JAMAICA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...

SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...15.9N 75.0W
ABOUT 185 MI...300 KM SE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 260 MI...415 KM SW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ESE OR 105 DEGREES AT 1 MPH...2 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.
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