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Tropical Storm Melissa Advisory Number 16
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
500 AM EDT Sat Oct 25 2025

...MELISSA FORECAST TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AND BECOME A HURRICANE
TODAY...
...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA AND JAMAICA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...


SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.3N 75.0W
ABOUT 165 MI...270 KM SE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 240 MI...385 KM SW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...986 MB...29.12 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Jamaica

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the
Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince

A Tropical Storm Warning in effect for...
* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the
Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince
(snip)