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Declared extratropical at 11 am. Safe to say I don't think we will be seeing the name Melissa again.

That's some of the first video I have seen in the landfall zone. You can tell by how the trees were snapped and the overturned vehicles that extreme winds were experienced.

Wonder how much longer that Montego Bay stream stays up? That northern eye wall is very intense on radar.

Looks like its about to get much worse there very shortly.

That gust report in Montego bay seems a bit high, they still got 20-30 minutes before they get into the eyewall based on Pilon, Cuba radar.

Unless Melissa really starting moving NE soon Montego Bay is going to get the eyewall.

Looks like Savanna la Mar might get into the western eyewall with this continued north movement.

Looks like Melissa really trying to hug the coastline for a bit prior to finally being pulled inland.

Based on Pilon, Cuba radar eyewall probably coming ashore in next 45-60 minutes

Last dropsondes suggests Melissa has peaked/leveled off with the 895 mb 7 kt. Not going to matter much at this point though as far as Jamaica goes. This is basically going to be landfall intensity.

Seeing that dropsonde on a storm 2-3 hours from landfall is terrifying.

Can't imagine the wind gusts that will occur at elevated locations with this storm. Fortunately a lot of buildings there are concrete block at least.

I wonder if Melissa had a slight rise in pressure during the eyewall meld, and is now steady state or slightly intensifying again. Almost certainly not weakening at the moment.

#9 all time in Atlantic Basin by pressure

Just a reminder that late season storms can show colder cloud tops than normal especially at night compared to earlier season storms. Not that Melissa isn't an intense hurricane, which it is.