Posted on 10/25/2025 5:55:42 PM PDT by Red Badger
PING!................
Worst case for Jamaica
Slow moving huge cat 4
Hitting from the south just west of Kingston
Highest Surge right in to the bay on the right side of the storm
Usually storms move east to west in that area so Kingston gets the offshore flow
We went on a mission trip to Jamaica a few years ago and built houses out of concrete blocks. I hope they hold up. The roofs are just tin and were made to blow off.
I just checked the BBC to see if the news about a catastrophic storm about to hit a member of the Commonwealth was of any interest to the Beeb...
Short answer...
Nope. Not a word.
NHC’s most recent forecast discussion in Melissa at link below...
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile/refresh/MIATCDAT3+html/250843.html
They will wait until they can get the disaster images from satellite...............
Sounds like there’s going to be A High Wind in Jamaica.
The UK’s Deep State clearly doesn’t give a damn.
Local reporting...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20251024/port-royal-residents-staying-put-despite-storm
That’s not good news.
My wife is in Florida right now, so I’m glad the forecast track is going the way it is.
They will wait until they can get the disaster images from satellite...............
And then blame it on global warming, and Trump.
Dat is so, Mon!................
Good luck to any in the way of this, or any tropical storm.
I am happy (and smug) that once again, the forecasts for “another above average hurricane season” is coming to naught. I suppose someday the panic spreaders at NOAA and the media will be right. Maybe next year. The law of averages does have some influence, but if the “experts” predict high every year, even the averages won’t be enough.
I wish it would come up through Arkansas, I have no water for duck hunting. It will take a tropical system to save opening weekend and probably the first month.
Save me a couple of Mallards! I do miss me some wild duck
Now Cat 4.
More...
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile/refresh/MIATCDAT3+html/250843.html
Both with the 5 AM info.
Local coverage...
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/10/26/worstexpect-damage-gilbert-ivan-beryl-met-service-warns/
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/10/26/construction-concerns/
UK enemedia coverage...
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-10-26/jamaica-braces-as-hurricane-melissa-continues-to-strengthen
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