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nitpicked

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7. 8 pm update

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 08:02 PM

Monday

Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 26A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
800 PM EDT Mon Oct 27 2025

...MELISSA EXPECTED TO BRING CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING
WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE TO JAMAICA LATER TONIGHT AND ON
TUESDAY...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.6N 78.6W
ABOUT 155 MI...245 KM SW OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 335 MI...535 KM SW OF GUANTANAMO CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...175 MPH...280 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...909 MB...26.85 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.
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