Hurricane Melissa Advisory Number 18

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025

500 PM EDT Sat Oct 25 2025

...MELISSA LIKELY STARTING TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AND EXPECTED TO

BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TOMORROW...

...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES

EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA AND JAMAICA INTO EARLY

NEXT WEEK...

SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...16.6N 75.5W

ABOUT 130 MI...210 KM SE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA

ABOUT 250 MI...405 KM WSW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...974 MB...28.77 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

The government of Cuba has issued a Hurricane Watch for the Cuban

provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, and Holguin.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...

* Jamaica

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...

* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the

Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince

* Cuban provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, and

Holguin.

A Tropical Storm Warning in effect for...

* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the