WORLD WEATHER THREAD

[bingham67]

Been downgraded to Cat 4 still 150mph winds

 

[Nabinium]

It's been moving very slowly too. That's awful.

 

[Ahleckz]

Flying out there on the 26th November. Meant to be starting in Treasure Beach but it's not looking good! However to me Negril and Montago Bay doesn't look that bad. Surprised more trees didn't go down. And the surge doesn't seem bad.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Flying out there on the 26th November. Meant to be starting in Treasure Beach but it's not looking good! However to me Negril and Montago Bay doesn't look that bad. Surprised more trees didn't go down. And the surge doesn't seem bad.

They seem to have gotten off pretty light from what we’ve seen so far. Fox weather live about an hour from Montago Bay looked pretty calm.

 

[bingham67]

"Rising water levels in rivers, gullies, and swamps could cause crocodiles to move into residential areas," the South East Regional Health Authority said in a statement online. The warning covers residents in several parishes including the capital Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Thomas and St. Catherine.

Shudders imagine having to deal with crocs on top of these high winds and flooding.

 

[Diddums]

Shudders imagine having to deal with crocs on top of these high winds and flooding.

No person should ever be subjected to Crocs.

 

[bingham67]

Its Cuba next in Melissa sights it could strengthen but apparently will be Category 4 for Cuba.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Fox weather guy getting pummelled now. Clearly the worst hadn’t reached them yet.

 

[Junglist]

Montego getting hit bad sorry to be the barer of bad news but by this guys comments on X its not good

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983247401822359769

Waiting for updates from family. The house is a few miles out from the centre of Montego Bay. More importantly, hoping the people are OK. Houses can be fixed.

 

[Grim5]

This guy knows what's up. Bumbaclyde

 

[Grim5]

Its Cuba next in Melissa sights it could strengthen but apparently will be Category 4 for Cuba.

Looks like its hitting Cuba right now

 

[bingham67]

Looks like huge damage in Black River Jamaica this took the initial hit

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983441769925882053

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983442014760009910

 

[Minusorange]

As we reported earlier, Melissa is the most powerful hurricane on record to make a direct hit on Jamaica.

But, across the wider Atlantic, Melissa was noteworthy for the following:

1. Tied as the strongest hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the Atlantic basin with a sustained wind speed of 185mph
2. With a central pressure of 892mb, Melissa also tied with the Labor Day hurricane in 1935 as most intense hurricane to make landfall

Additionally, the Hurricane Hunters - who fly into hurricanes making crucial observations - measured an instantaneous gust of 252mph just above the ocean surface before landfall.

For context, this comes in marginally behind the world record for the highest wind gust ever observed in a tropical cyclone of 253mph during Cyclone Olivia, which struck Western Australia in April 1996.

The dregs of it will hit us next Monday if it keeps its track, nothing to worry about though

 

[Rroff]

The dregs of it will hit us next Monday if it keeps its track, nothing to worry about though

I haven't looked at the latest models but a few days ago it pretty much had minimal to no real effect across our side.

 

[bingham67]

A proper mess

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983506193994666304

 

[Diddums]

Holy crap the weather here is going absolutely insane. Loads of thuder and lightning, all very very frightening.

 

[Grim5]

Holy crap the weather here is going absolutely insane. Loads of thuder and lightning, all very very frightening.

Where?

 

[Ayahuasca]

Holy crap the weather here is going absolutely insane. Loads of thuder and lightning, all very very frightening.

Galileo knockin’ about?

 

[Diddums]

Where?

Godalming.