{"id":15731,"date":"2025-10-22T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/15731\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:38:08","slug":"will-tropical-storm-melissa-impact-florida-see-latest-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/15731\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Tropical Storm Melissa impact Florida? See latest models"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTropical Storm Melissa formed over the central Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.Melissa will bring heavy rainfall to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with totals of 5 to 10 inches expected through Friday. Melissa is about 301 miles south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, according to the NHC. The system has a minimum central pressure of 1000 mb and maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.On the forecast track, Melissa is expected to approach Jamaica and the southwestern portion of Haiti later this week.The NHC advised that residents in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Cuba should closely monitor the development of this system. These locations are at risk of heavy rain, flooding, strong winds and hazardous surf conditions. Watches and warnings in effect: Hurricane Watch is in effect for Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince.Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Jamaica. Hurricane season 2025The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.>> More: 2025 Hurricane Survival GuideThe First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Marquise Meda and Cam Tran.>> 2025 hurricane season | WESH long-range forecast>> Download Very Local | Stream Central Florida news and weather from WESH 2\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Tropical Storm Melissa formed over the central Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Melissa will bring heavy rainfall to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with totals of 5 to 10 inches expected through Friday. <\/p>\n

Melissa is about 301 miles south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, according to the NHC. <\/p>\n

The system has a minimum central pressure of 1000 mb and maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.<\/p>\n

On the forecast track, Melissa is expected to approach Jamaica and the southwestern portion of Haiti later this week.<\/p>\n

The NHC advised that residents in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Cuba should closely monitor the development of this system. <\/p>\n

These locations are at risk of heavy rain, flooding, strong winds and hazardous surf conditions. <\/p>\n

Watches and warnings in effect: Hurricane Watch is in effect for Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince.Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Jamaica. Hurricane season 2025<\/p>\n

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n

>> More: 2025 Hurricane Survival Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, Eric Burris<\/a>, Marquise Meda<\/a> and Cam Tran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

>> 2025 hurricane season | WESH long-range forecast<\/a><\/p>\n

>> Download Very Local | Stream Central Florida news and weather from WESH 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Melissa formed over the central Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.Melissa will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2655,13494,4422,28,30,29,12874,8367,12875,1161,5095,1846,12864,12859,12860,1847,12863,12146,12861,12862,9712,12870,12872,12866,4102,2171,12876,12877,9708,13492,12865,12867,12873,12869,12868,13495,13493,918,12871,1268],"class_list":["post-15731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-caribbean","tag-dominican-republic","tag-effect","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gusty-wind","tag-haiti","tag-hazardous-surf-condition","tag-heavy-rain","tag-hispaniola","tag-hurricane","tag-hurricane-melissa","tag-hurricane-melissa-path","tag-hurricane-melissa-track","tag-hurricane-season","tag-hurricane-tracker","tag-jamaica","tag-melissa-storm-track","tag-melissa-tropical-storm","tag-national-hurricane-center","tag-national-hurricane-center-noaa","tag-nhc","tag-noaa-hurricane","tag-puerto-rico","tag-resident","tag-risk","tag-strong-wind","tag-system","tag-tropical-storm-melissa","tag-tropical-storm-melissa-2025","tag-tropical-storm-melissa-2025-path","tag-tropical-storm-melissa-form","tag-tropical-storm-melissa-projected-path","tag-ts-melissabreakout","tag-warning","tag-watch","tag-wesh","tag-when-is-hurricane-season-over","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}