Tropical Cyclones Last advisory on Melissa; Halloween Video 31 Oct 2025 NHC has issued its last advisory on Melissa as the now non-tropical system blasts by Vinland (Nova Scotia) ... It's going to be a while before we have reliable damage…
Politics… Was Melissa made worse by climate change? 30 Oct 202531 Oct 2025 I'm seeing links to the blog from "news" articles with titles like "Scientists blame climate change for Hurricane Melissa: Catastrophic storm was made 4 times more likely by climate change."…
Tropical Cyclones Melissa land fall in Cuba (29 Oct 2025) 29 Oct 202530 Oct 2025 For those visiting from links in news articles about climate change, here's a few thoughts on that subject (link). Melissa is now rapidly moving northeast, and has made landfall on…
Uncategorized Melissa landfall today 28 Oct 2025 Melissa has made the turn to the northeast and is slowly headed towards eastern Jamaica. Here is the Infrared view over the last couple of hours: As always your best…
Tropical Cyclones Melissa track shifting west? 27 Oct 202527 Oct 2025 Throughout the morning and early afternoon, Melissa has continued on a slow wobbly track west. At the 11am forecast, NHC shifted a lot west for the first 12 hours then…
Tropical Cyclones Melissa now Cat 5 (monday 27 Oct) 27 Oct 2025 NHC rapidly intensified over the weekend, going from a tropical storm to Category Five hurricane in under 48 hours. The sun isn't up over the storm as I write this…
Tropical Cyclones Melissa afternoon update (Sun. 26 Oct 2025) 26 Oct 202526 Oct 2025 Unfortunately there isn't any good news and the forecast for Jamaica still looks apocalyptic. Melissa shows all signs of slowly moving over Jamaica over the next 36 hours with landfall…
Tropical Cyclones Melissa Sunday morning update (26 Oct) 26 Oct 202526 Oct 2025 Melissa continues to rapidly intensify - from a tropical storm yesterday morning to a Category Four storm this morning: click any image for full size. Most of the time I'm…
Tropical Cyclones Melissa now a hurricane 25 Oct 202525 Oct 2025 At the 2pm synoptic analysis and interim update, NHC upgraded Melissa to a hurricane .. here's the satellite loop for the last couple of hours, you can see the distinctive…
Politics… More clarity on Melissa: catastrophe seems unavoidable 25 Oct 202525 Oct 2025 The scenarios for Melissa have become increasingly pessimistic. This morning there is no good news. Here are links to NHC's Key messages regarding Tropical Storm Melissa (en EspaƱol: Mensajes Claves). The…