Hurricane Melissa, Tropics
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TRACKING THE TROPICS Tropical Storm Melissa formed on Tuesday in the Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane by the weekend. Here's the latest track:
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to undergo rapid intensification and grow into a powerful Category 4 hurricane by early next week.
As the Atlantic hurricane season enters its final weeks, forecasters are keeping a close eye on two developing systems—one in the tropical Atlantic heading toward the Caribbean, and another in the North Atlantic that’s gaining some tropical characteristics.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Invest 98, a tropical wave heading towards the Caribbean Sea with a 30% chance of development in the next 2 days and a 70% chance in the next week, which could potentially develop into a tropical depression and become the named storm Melissa.