According to Tropical Cyclone Advisory No. 12 from the Insmet Forecast Center. Issued at 6:00 a.m., Hurricane Melissa has continued to gain intensity over the past 12 hours and has undergone rapid intensification.
Reaching maximum sustained winds of 220 kilometers per hour (137 mph), with higher gusts. Its central pressure dropped to 944 hectopascals. Making it a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a maximum of five.
At 6:00 a.m., Hurricane Melissa’s central region was estimated at 16.3 degrees north latitude and 76.4 degrees west longitude. Approximately 180 kilometers south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and 415 kilometers south of the city of Santiago de Cuba. Melissa is moving on a nearly westerly course and has a forward speed of 7 kilometers per hour (4.3 mph).
In the coming hours, this system will be moving slowly near Jamaica. This powerful hurricane is expected to continue its slow westward movement. Then gradually turn north and northeast in the coming days to move very close to or over Jamaica. Also approaching national territory on Tuesday in the seas south of eastern Cuba.
Moreover the Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology is closely monitoring the evolution and future path of this intense hurricane. As the outer bands of this system will gradually increase cloudiness and precipitation in eastern Cuba. Strong swells will begin today in the seas south of the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantanamo.
With information from Insmet
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