WESH 2's award-winning First Warning Weather team is monitoring Tropical Storm Melissa, which is nearly stationary over the Caribbean Sea on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The NHC said Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft data show Melissa is getting stronger with maximum sustained winds now at 65 mph and a minimum central pressure of 993 mb.

Melissa is about 180 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, according to the NHC.

A turn to the west is forecast on Saturday followed by a turn to the north and northeast on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On the forecast track, the center of Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica early next week and could be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of next week.

The NHC advised that residents in Puerto Rico, His

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