Hurricane Watch
HURRICANE MELISSA MAKES HISTORY IN JAMAICA
It’s an entry in the history books that Jamaica could have done without.
It’s an entry in the history books that Jamaica could have done without.
Hurricane Melissa is now slowly heading north-northeast at 5 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph. Melissa is expected to make landfall over Jamaica this morning. Interaction with Jamaica will result in a weakening of the system as it moves near Cuba early tomorrow morning.
6:30 AM Update on Hurricane Melissa by the C.I. National Weather Service
The Civil Service has announced that it will be open for business tomorrow (Monday, 27 October), operating normal business hours across all services
Jamaica is hunkering down this Sunday for a direct hit from massive and potentially catastrophic Hurricane Melissa.
The National Hurricane Center continues its advisories on Tropical Storm Melissa.
The slow and meandering movement of storm Melissa has become a cause of concern for Cayman as residents and authorities closely monitor the movement of the hard-to-predict weather system.
The message of hurricane preparedness from the recent National Week of Readiness (September 17th to 24th) still echoes with powerful relevance as Cayman heads into the home stretch of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Considering the rather tranquil weather conditions currently gracing Cayman a hurricane might be the last thing on the minds of many residents.
So far, yet so close – in contrast to so close, yet so far – might be one way of putting the passage of Hurricane Erin relative to the local area.