Low pressure is forecast to develop off the coast late Sunday into Monday. Most computer models keep us pretty dry. We’ll keep a slight chance in right now and continue to update as we get closer. The low pulls away and high pressure returns briefly Monday.

Hurricane Melissa brushed by Bermuda last night and this morning with a wind gust around 98 miles per hour reported. As of this afternoon, Melissa has lost tropical characteristics and is no longer a tropical system.

The National Hurricane Center is keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.

Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.

Jeff Penner says we have an increasing chance of rain Friday into the weekend and possibly early next week. He’s also tracking a slowly intensifying tropical system in the Caribbean Sea.

Each year, the Atlantic Hurricane Season officially runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Follow along as we track each storm throughout the season.

A November tropical threat occurs roughly once every ten years, with the most recent strike taking place back in 2022 when Hurricane Nicole made landfall near Vero Beach on Florida’s east coast.

We’ll be discussing rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in this edition of Weather Tidbits. Rapid intensification refers to the quick strengthening of a tropical cyclone. Specifically, it’s when there is at least a 35 mph increase in the wind over a 24 hour period.