Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa ... holy &*%^!

[Gerry Hamilton]

Man, thoughts and best wishes for anyone around Treasure Beach and pretty much the entire island.

Coming in at absolute worst angle for the island

May actually be getting stronger on approach too

Likely 899-900mb and at least 175mph 

-2.67c 

no eyewall replacement cycle either to weaken it

worst case scenario unfolding

 

[General Grant]

Hurricanes fascinate and horrify me. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

1 minute ago, General Grant said:

Hurricanes fascinate and horrify me. 

Same

[Gerry Hamilton]

Almost as perfect as a monster cat 5 can look nearing landfall 

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[Jbro52]

It’s not gonna be good

[Connor Vaughn]

You guys might know me as campmabry weatherman on the coffee/football chat. 
 

Monitoring this storm has been my sole purpose in life for my unit over the last week. The current models we have aren’t strong enough to truly measure how fast these sustained winds will be over 184mph. Same goes for pressure. This is truly a worst case scenario situation. 

[Sarah O]

Devastating. I saw the hurricane hunters had to turn around early yesterday bc the turbulence was so bad. Prayers to everyone in its path 🙏

[alrightalrightalright]

Wow that hurricane is massive. Reading it's hitting Jamaica now

Edited 2 hours ago by alrightalrightalright

[Gerry Hamilton]

9 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

You guys might know me as campmabry weatherman on the coffee/football chat. 
 

Monitoring this storm has been my sole purpose in life for my unit over the last week. The current models we have aren’t strong enough to truly measure how fast these sustained winds will be over 184mph. Same goes for pressure. This is truly a worst case scenario situation. 

Thank you for adding to this thread 

Yeah, I don’t think there is anyway to truly report how strong this one is 

[Shane]

Unbelievable 🤯

[Texas fan in Georgia]

23 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

You guys might know me as campmabry weatherman on the coffee/football chat. 
 

Monitoring this storm has been my sole purpose in life for my unit over the last week. The current models we have aren’t strong enough to truly measure how fast these sustained winds will be over 184mph. Same goes for pressure. This is truly a worst case scenario situation. 

Seen a post that said it reached 241 MPH. INSANE!

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[GDI]

I went through hurricane Carla in 1961 and I have had a healthy respect for them since.  

They are fascinating. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

Think next advisory will be 897-898mb 

185mph possible 

[4thandFive]

Prayers for those in the path for spiritual & physical safety.

Edited 1 hour ago by 4thandFive

[Gerry Hamilton]

5 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Think next advisory will be 897-898mb 

185mph possible 

Recon just found at least 893.4mb

Jim Cantore talking 195-200mph 

[Gerry Hamilton]

https://x.com/brody_wx/status/1983153336317816888?s=46

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[Connor Vaughn]

24 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Seen a post that said it reached 241 MPH. INSANE!

Slower moving than Harvey and hitting the same mountainous terrain as Helene/North Carolina. It’s just impossible to put into words how catastrophic of a situation this is 

[Gerry Hamilton]

Recon just found 892.3mb

[Texas fan in Georgia]

It’s been a relatively quiet season this year for the southeast region . If this thing would’ve hit in the states it would’ve leveled whatever cities in its path 

[SchoolColors]

48 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

 

Mother nature is so beautiful yet so scary. 

[Joe Naural]

Got caught in a microburst 65 mph 

dead of night…. Zero wind…. Heard the halyards ding ding in a different rhytem…. Went out in cockpit…. Saw a dark band …. And decided to double tie my skiff …. The minute i step into skiff….. boooooooooooooom

barely pulled in 10 ft of rope from skiff to cat

watched 2 yachts break anchor on tbeir way to habana!  Made eye contact w the guy….he was that close…surreal … !  

[Gerry Hamilton]

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