Hurricane Melissa Forecast: Impacts on Bahamas and Bermuda

Hurricane Melissa's Current Status and Impact

• 🌀 Hurricane Melissa is currently battering the central and southeast Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour.
• ⚡ The storm is moving faster toward the north-northeast at 21 miles per hour, bringing heavy rainfall, damaging winds, and storm surge.
• ⚠️ Areas like Cat Island and San Salvador Island are experiencing stronger winds from the backside of the core.
• 🏝️ Rainbands are whipping in around Grand Kos, Turks, and Cikos, potentially producing winds gusting to tropical storm force.

Future Track and Bermuda Advisory

• 💨 After midnight, the worst of the wind is expected to subside for the Bahamas as the storm speeds up.
• ⚠️ By Thursday, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to approach Bermuda, which is under a hurricane warning.
• 🌊 The storm is predicted to pass just northwest of Bermuda, but could bring hurricane-force winds, and at a minimum, tropical storm-force winds.
• 📈 As it approaches Bermuda, Melissa is forecast to be a Category 2 hurricane, remaining very strong.