Melissa now a Category 5 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica (www.cbc.ca)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 17:10
https://sh.itjust.works/post/48705889

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength on Monday as it neared Jamaica, with up to 76 centimetres (30 in) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island on Tuesday, and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.

Melissa was centred about 230 kilometres southwest of Kingston, the capital, and about 530 km southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 11 a.m. ET update.

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HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works on 27 Oct 17:15 next collapse

The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 275 km/h and was moving west at 6 km/h, the centre said.

Fyi – 275 km/h = 171 mph and 6 kmh = 5.5 feet per second.

Jamaica is facing monumental devastation.

Tm12@lemmy.ca on 27 Oct 19:06 next collapse

1.6666 m/s

CluckN@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 02:17 collapse

1 Jack Black laying down/S

radiofreebc@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 21:49 collapse

It’s very likely this will be the strongest recorded storm to ever make landfall in Jamaica.

Fermion@mander.xyz on 27 Oct 17:30 next collapse

I’ll share my two favorite sources for hurricane info.

Tropical Tidbits for excellent parsing of meteorological data and models without much editorializing and essentially no fear mongering. Excellent videos and website tools for nerding out about the weather side of things.

www.tropicaltidbits.com

And NOAA’s National Hurricane Center for up to date guidance on rain, flooding, and wind probabilities and warnings. This coupled with a local emergency services communications is what most people should be using to track what impacts they should expect for upcoming storms.

www.nhc.noaa.gov click on the storm in the map graphic to view detailed warnings and info.

AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net on 28 Oct 05:20 collapse

Thanks for that, I appreciate it.

mrmaplebar@fedia.io on 27 Oct 17:56 collapse

Uh oh... Good luck Jamaica.

Maeve@kbin.earth on 27 Oct 18:56 collapse

And good luck Cuba.

mrmaplebar@fedia.io on 27 Oct 21:12 collapse

And while we're at it, Haiti and the DR too. :(

Maeve@kbin.earth on 27 Oct 22:03 collapse

Absolutely.