TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hurricane Melissa went through rapid intensification on Saturday, jumping from a Category 2 to a Category 4 by early Sunday morning, the National Hurricane Center said.

Melissa is moving west very slowly, only around 3 mph, and is now 110 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica, and 280 miles southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba. It's expected to continue westward through Sunday before turning toward the north-northeast on Monday.

Forecast models have Melissa moving over Jamaica on Tuesday, across Cuba Tuesday night, and across the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday.

“Conditions (in Jamaica) are going to go down rapidly today,” Jamie Rhome, the center’s deputy director, said on Sunday. “Be ready to ride this out for several days.”

Because it's moving so slowly, the hurricane is e

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