Melissa now Cat 4

[nitpicked]

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/260855.shtml

Hurricane Melissa Advisory Number 20
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
500 AM EDT Sun Oct 26 2025

...MELISSA NOW A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...
...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF JAMAICA AND SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA THROUGH
MIDWEEK...


SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.3N 76.3W
ABOUT 120 MI...195 KM SSE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 280 MI...450 KM SSW OF GUANTANAMO CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...220 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...944 MB...27.88 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.
(snip)

[malaise]

1. Jamaican proverb for Melissa

Dawg nyam we suppa.
The further west it moves before turning NE the worst it will be.
Now moving at 5mph. Just light rain overnight.

[LuckyCharms]

2. I'm thinking about you.

Please take all precautions and keep safe.

[MiHale]

3. Be safe, malaise.

[hamsterjill]

6. Just want you and yours to be safe.

Wishing safety, wisdom, strength and community to all in Melissa’s path.

[JMCKUSICK]

4. Please be smart, be careful, be caring and be safe.

We love you Malaise and your countrymen and women

[nitpicked]

5. Might be slightly overestimated at this moment

The 5 am edt advisory was based on satellite presentation.

8 am: still holding at 140 (the recon hasn't yet finished).