Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph at landfall

[Scott747]

Second recon is booking it. Might get there before landfall.

First one spent extra time in the eye so it might be tight for it to make another pass.

[TheClimateChanger]

 

[HillsdaleMIWeather]

They just got an 892 extrapolated so it's strengthening while they're in the eye. Unreal.

[CTWeatherFreak]

Anybody near a tv, forget TWC.  Fox Weather doing a great job with nonstop coverage including great shots from the planes inside the eye.

[yoda]

9 minutes ago, Windspeed said:

14 minutes ago, HKY_WX said:

I'm sure Josh or another chaser has a handheld barometer onsite. If so, we could have ground truth of the strongest or 2nd strongest landfall ever in the Atlantic basin. At least in recorded history.

Josh has instruments staged.

https://x.com/iCyclone/status/1983153842108907672

His latest tweet of where he is

[SchaumburgStormer]

The stability of the core and lack of an EWC is amazing. 

[dan11295]

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.

[eyewall]

2 minutes ago, yoda said:

https://x.com/iCyclone/status/1983153842108907672

His latest tweet of where he is

That is too far NW. 

[lee59]

26 minutes ago, eyewall said:

I assume anything in the core will not remain online at all.

I posted one near Mandeville about 50 minutes ago.

[Jefflaw77]

I think this guy is screwed! 
 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPHvTsvLq4jWk-Nh5Sr/

[Scott747]

1 minute ago, eyewall said:

That is too far NW. 

He won't reveal his final location until after the storm.

[NC US Geological Survice]

One positive nugget: this guy who's in Kingston reports the flooding effects are moderate to minimal, so far. 

[yoda]

Just now, Scott747 said:

He won't reveal his final location until after the storm.

Well he did post pictures of where he was stationed already 

[eyewall]

Just now, Scott747 said:

He won't reveal his final location until after the storm.

yeah that is true. I wonder if any of the WPAC people are there for this.

[BooneWX]

Jeff Piotrowski is live from Santa Cruz. He should get the eastern eyewall:

 

https://x.com/jeff_piotrowski/status/1983145649861202156?s=12

[yotaman]

4 minutes ago, eyewall said:

That is too far NW. 

I would say Treasure Beach would be ground zero.

[Windspeed]

I can't post an image right now, but the low-level cloud swirl pattern near the surface inside the eye of Melissa right now is very indicative of multiple (at least five or six) large mesovorticies rotating around the eye. If that persists through landfall, pretty much any location inside the eyewall, regardless of quadrant, is going to get wrecked.

[TheDreamTraveler]

Gotta hand it to the couple of models that were predicting this to get pressure to the 880's a week or two ago. I know some people didn't believe it'd get that low but here we are.

[hawkeye_wx]

Holy cow..... officially 892 mb.

[HKY_WX]

12 minutes ago, Jefflaw77 said:

I think this guy is screwed! 
 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPHvTsvLq4jWk-Nh5Sr/

Where is he located?

 

[Scott747]

4 minutes ago, yoda said:

Well he did post pictures of where he was stationed already 

There are a few alternatives if adjustments are needed.

This is a different animal though...

[LP08]

893 with a splashdown with 13kt.  Outrageous 

[lee59]

I doubt you find anything on the coast near landfall. Mandeville should be in the eyewall or just east and I believe it is somewhat elevated, bad scenario.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov6mC9CdGVE

 

[BooneWX]

Small wobble left… I think Josh may actually have nailed it. Won’t be dead center but he should get into the eye. 

[dan11295]

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

[Bryan63]

My wife and I honeymooned in White House and have been back a few times, traveling from Montego Bay to the South Coast. I don't think most people fully understand the poverty levels in Jamaica, particularly as you get into the mountains. Small shacks and houses not built out of concrete. Just gutted for the people and hoping it somehow doesn't pan out the way it's looking.

[Jefflaw77]

3 minutes ago, HKY_WX said:

Where is he located?

Mandsville 

[hawkeye_wx]

It appears the worst will be from Crawford, where Josh supposedly is, to Black River, just to the east.

[Eskimo Joe]

 

 

[clskinsfan]

Lookner on Youtube is live with some pretty good cams from the AP that he paid for. They are in Kingston. And I am shocked how strong the winds are there already. This is going to be a horrific tragedy for all of Jamaica.