Category 5 Melissa, Plus South Florida Impact Weather Today<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tON 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\u2019S NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE 130 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON, JAMAICA, WITH 160 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. REALLY CAN\u2019T UNDERESTIMATE THE POSSIBLE CATASTROPHE THAT JAMAICA WILL SEE. ULTRA EXPOSED OUT THERE IN THE CARIBBEAN. AND WITH THIS KIND OF FEROCITY OF WINDS, IT\u2019S REALLY GOING TO BE HUGE. WE HAVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THAT EXTEND OUT FROM THE CENTER JUST UNDER 200 MILES. IT\u2019S 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\u2019LL SEE AN ERUPTION OF STORM ACTION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE\u2019S A DISTURBANCE AROUND, SO THAT\u2019S WHY WE\u2019RE 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\u2019S TALKING ABOUT THAT. IT WILL BE HERE BY HALLOWEEN WITH THE LOWS IN THE 50S AND THE 60S. AND IT\u2019S ALSO GOING TO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n