The National Hurricane Center officially named Melissa on Tuesday at 11 a.m.

The tropical storm will come to a crawl after racing over the Atlantic. The system is currently moving west at 14 mph, but it will slow down and likely stay over the same general area between Wednesday and at least Saturday, between Jamaica and Haiti.

This is an extremely worrisome forecast, as the system parks over the same areas for several days. There will likely be hefty rainfall over Jamaica and the Hispaniola through next weekend. Early rainfall forecasts indicate that Haiti and the Dominican Republic could receive between 8 and 12 inches of rain, particularly over the southern coast, through Saturday.

However, we know that the system will remain in the same area for a bit longer; therefore, we forecast t

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