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Hurricane Melissa

WeathermanLeprechaun said:
This is the most symmetrical storm I've ever seen, that is absolutely as perfect as you'll get. And this thing still has many hours over water to go SKY HIGH in intensity.
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Very unsettling that we still have 36-48 hours before landfall.
 
Clancy said:
Very unsettling that we still have 36-48 hours before landfall.
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Indeed. I'm afraid i can see this thing reaching its ceiling with the MERC done, that is just extra boost. It's like what a nudger does to a supercell, it genuinely boosts it
 
tornado examiner said:
Oof. And that's just first pass. What will the winds be?
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Thinking they missed the eye by a small bit, but even then, 932 and they didn't capture the eye? Yeah, this isn't ideal. Second pass, probably will get a better look
 
Will remain important to see how far west she goes before making that anticipated northward turn. Modelling increasingly favors a landfall somewhere near or west of Mandeville. While the storm is big and the whole island will be feeling the impacts, whether the eye strikes west of Mandeville or closer to Kingston could have significant influence on just how many people see those high-end winds and surge. Jamaica's population is heavily-concentrated in St. Andrew and St. Catherine's Parishes in Kingston and surrounding areas. Ultimately what I'm talking about is just differing magnitudes of nevertheless disastrous scenarios - I fear this will be a very bad situation regardless of where it ends up. The rural areas will likely suffer the most, especially with many smaller settlements having few roads to and from them. And, if wind fields expand significantly, the point of landfall wouldn't matter much.
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