Tropical Storm Melissa continued to crawl through the Caribbean on Thursday. The system’s motion will remain very slow through next week.

As of the 2 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Melissa is moving NNW at 2 mph.

A slow northwest or north motion is forecast during the next couple of days, followed by a westward turn over the weekend.

On the forecast track, Melissa is expected to move closer to Jamaica and the southwestern portion of Haiti during the next couple of days.

Melissa could become a hurricane by this weekend.

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

A Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Jamaica.

A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the southern peninsula of

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