TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY No. 13: Melissa strengthens slightly south of Jamaica

FORECAST CENTER, INSMET

Date: October 26, 2025. Time: 6:00 p.m.

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY No. 13

HURRICANE MELISSA

Hurricane Melissa has continued to gain slight intensity over the past 12 hours. Its maximum sustained winds increased to 230 kilometers per hour (144 mph), with higher gusts, and its central pressure dropped to 941 hectopascals (941 hectopascals), making it a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

At 6:00 p.m., the eye of Hurricane Melissa was estimated at 16.4 degrees North latitude and 77.3 degrees West longitude, approximately 175 kilometers south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and 425 kilometers south-southwest of Santiago de Cuba. Melissa is moving slowly, near the west, at a forward speed of 7 kilometers per hour.

Over the next 24 hours, this system will continue its slow westward movement in the seas south of Jamaica. The hurricane is then forecast to gradually shift its path north and northeast, passing very close to or over Jamaica, approaching the island on Tuesday in the seas south of eastern Cuba.

The outer bands of this hurricane will continue to increase cloudiness and rainfall in eastern Cuba, which could be heavy in some locations, especially in mountainous areas. Strong swells will continue south of the provinces of Granma and Santiago de Cuba, with light flooding in low-lying areas along this coast.

The Meteorological Institute's Forecast Center is closely monitoring the development and future path of this intense hurricane.

The Meteorological Institute's Forecast Center is closely monitoring the development and future path of this intense hurricane.

Taken from the Institute of Meteorology of the Republic of Cuba (INSMET)