Category 5 Melissa, Plus South Florida Impact Weather Today
ON HURRICANE MELISSA. ALL RIGHT. YOU SEE A FOUR JUST 20 MINUTES AGO. AND THEN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AND PUT THE SATELLITE INTO MOTION, IT’S NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE 130 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON, JAMAICA, WITH 160 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. REALLY CAN’T UNDERESTIMATE THE POSSIBLE CATASTROPHE THAT JAMAICA WILL SEE. ULTRA EXPOSED OUT THERE IN THE CARIBBEAN. AND WITH THIS KIND OF FEROCITY OF WINDS, IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE HUGE. WE HAVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THAT EXTEND OUT FROM THE CENTER JUST UNDER 200 MILES. IT’S JUST MEANDERING TO THE WEST NOW AT THREE MILES AN HOUR. SO IT LOOKS LIKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FIVE WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME EARLY TOMORROW MORNING BETWEEN ABOUT 4 A.M. AND 8 A.M. AS A CATEGORY FIVE SLIDES ACROSS, JAMAICA MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE. CATEGORY THREE CLEARING CUBA AND STILL STAYING AWAY FROM THE US THANKS TO A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT. THAT COLD FRONT IS OUR SAVING GRACE FOR SURE. AGAIN, MELISSA WILL HEAD OUT TO SEA AFTER THAT, BUT MAINTAINING INTENSITY, WE ALSO HAVE IMPACT WEATHER. TODAY. WE HAD THOSE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING LAST NIGHT AROUND BOCA, STORMS OFFSHORE, THANKFULLY MOVING AWAY FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT THEN WE’LL SEE AN ERUPTION OF STORM ACTION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE’S A DISTURBANCE AROUND, SO THAT’S WHY WE’RE SEEING THIS. ALL THIS OUT AHEAD OF THAT FRONT. WELLINGTON A LITTLE SHOWER ACTION, A LITTLE BIT OF SPRINKLE ACTION BETWEEN DELRAY AND BOYNTON, BUT NO BIG DEAL, REALLY. BUT YOUR HOURLY PLANNER IS SHOWING A DECENT FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING. I MEAN, NO REAL PROBLEMS, MAYBE A BATCH OF SOME STORMS BY 11 A.M., BUT REALLY, THE IMPACT OF RISING FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN ABOUT THREE AND FIVE FOR WIDESPREAD STORM ACTION. NOW GOING FORWARD, THE COLD FRONT, EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT THAT. IT WILL BE HERE BY HALLOWEEN WITH THE LOWS IN THE 50S AND THE 60S. AND IT’S ALSO GOING TO
WPBF 25 First Warning Meteorologist
South Florida will experience impact storms again today, after flooding rains swept through the Boca area last night. Expect heavy rains and storm action this afternoon, flaring up at about 3pm onward. Meanwhile, Hurricane Melissa has 160 mph winds and is set to hit Jamaica as a potentially catastrophic hurricane tomorrow. A vigorous cold front, which will plunge the area into the 50s and 60s for overnight lows, will move in Thursday. That will keep Melissa away from South Florida and the U.S.
South Florida will experience impact storms again today, after flooding rains swept through the Boca area last night. Expect heavy rains and storm action this afternoon, flaring up at about 3pm onward. Meanwhile, Hurricane Melissa has 160 mph winds and is set to hit Jamaica as a potentially catastrophic hurricane tomorrow. A vigorous cold front, which will plunge the area into the 50s and 60s for overnight lows, will move in Thursday. That will keep Melissa away from South Florida and the U.S.