Hurricane Melissa is expected to strengthen before possible landfall along the Caribbean Islands. WESH 2's award-winning First Warning Weather team is monitoring the tropical system and will continue to provide updates.

Melissa was upgraded to a hurricane by the National Hurricane Center by 2 p.m. Saturday.

The National Hurricane Center expects Melissa to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane by the end of the weekend.

Melissa has 90 mph winds and is nearly stationary about 145 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.

The storm has a minimum central pressure of 974 mb. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

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