Melissa is expected to bring total rainfall of 15 to 25 inches to portions of southern Hispaniola and Jamaica through Tuesday, with local maxima of 35 inches possible across the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti.

Invest 98L in the eastern Caribbean is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression or tropical storm over the next few days.

Melissa is forecast to eventually become a hurricane. It's also likely to be a slow mover into next week. Here's what the means as far as potential impacts are concerned.

However, Jacksonville’s weather is shaping up beautifully heading into the weekend, offering a true taste of fall. Expect sunny, clear skies with pleasant daytime highs in the 80s and cooler overnight lows around 57 — perfect conditions for enjoying the outdoors.

An unusual late-season disturbance churning through the central Caribbean has meteorologists on high alert, with formation probabilities reaching 90%—among the highest forecasts issued this season. The system,

(Photo: A person walks down a street affected by Hurricane Melissa; in Santa Cruz, Jamaica, 30 October 2025. Credit: Orlando Barría/EPA/Shutterstock)

The storm has left 60 percent of Jamaica without electricity and some areas with up to 90 percent of roofs gone.