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Tropical Storm Melissa to linger over Caribbean
FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Melissa, which formed Tuesday morning in the Caribbean. He said Tropical Storm Melissa will start to work its way to the north and the west as the wind shear increases in some of those areas, creating a less conducive environment for the storm. Even though the National Hurricane Center expects Tropical Storm Melissa to strengthen, it will be a slow process. Weber believes the storm will be around for a while and won’t become a hurricane until this weekend. He notes that it is expected to stay east of the United States.
TAMPA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Melissa, the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Tuesday morning in the Caribbean.
As of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, it was located at 14.3°N 71.7°W and was moving west at 14 miles per hour.
Tropical Storm Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour.
The tropical storm developed from Invest 98L as it swirled over warm waters.
A hurricane watch has been issued for the southern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince.
The government of Jamaica has issued a tropical storm watch for the island.
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Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola will also likely experience high surf, wind, and rain.
FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills said Tropical Storm Melissa will move toward the north and east, sparing Florida and the United States.
The Source: This article was written with information from FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills forecast, FOX Weather and the National Hurricane Center.