Updated at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025

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LIVE Q&A today with me and NHC Director Mike Brennan. We'll be discussing Tropical Storm and eventually Hurricane Melissa LIVE on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, X, Instagram and LinkedIn. I hope you'll join us and send in your questions. LIVE at 4 p.m. ET.

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There is a reasonable consensus in the computer forecast models that Tropical Storm Melissa will become Hurricane Melissa over the weekend and turn north next week, crossing Cuba or Haiti before accelerating into the open Atlantic. The questions are when that will happen and how strong Melissa will get while it's crawling across the central Caribbean.

Hostile upper-level winds continue to keep Melissa from strengthening, but they are forecast to let up by tomorrow. As a result, t

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