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4. 2 pm edt update
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:18 PM
Thursday

Tropical Storm Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 9A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
200 PM EDT Thu Oct 23 2025

...MELISSA CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH-NORTHWEST...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST COAST OF
HAITI, WITH HEAVY RAINS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING EXPECTED FOR
HISPANIOLA AND JAMAICA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...


SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...15.5N 75.3W
ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM SSE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 290 MI...470 KM SW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the southern peninsula
of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to
Port-Au-Prince.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the
Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince
* Jamaica

A Tropical Storm Warning in effect for...
* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the
Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince
* Jamaica
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