Archive - Eye on the Tropics

The Tumultuous 2025 Hurricane Season Comes to a Close

The first season in a decade without a U.S. hurricane landfall also featured three Category 5 hurricanes, including Melissa, one of the strongest…

Nov 30 •

This Hurricane Season, Two Forecast Models Stand Out, but for Very Different Reasons

Google’s newest DeepMind hurricane model was the star of the 2025 hurricane season while America’s flagship weather model stumbled to new lows

Nov 3 •

October 2025

Melissa Brushes Bermuda Overnight and Headed Out to Sea

Melissa will transition to a strong wintertime storm today and pass near the southern Avalon Peninsula in Atlantic Canada overnight

Oct 31 •

Melissa Racing Away from the Bahamas, Hurricane Warning for Bermuda

Melissa’s center expected to pass west of Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane by the midnight hour Thursday into Friday

Oct 30 •

Melissa Strikes Eastern Cuba after Ravaging Jamaica

Melissa is the strongest hurricane to hit eastern Cuba in 9 years

Oct 29 •

Category 5 Melissa Slams Jamaica at Peak Intensity, Catastrophic Conditions Ongoing

Melissa ties Dorian in 2019 and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the strongest landfalling Atlantic basin hurricane on record

Oct 28 •

Melissa Takes Aim at Jamaica as a Monster Category 5 Hurricane

Melissa becomes the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 hurricane season, expected to strike Jamaica Tuesday morning near peak strength

Oct 27 •

Melissa Undergoing Extreme Rapid Intensification, Catastrophic Impacts Expected for Jamaica

Melissa rocketed from a tropical storm Saturday to a Category 4 hurricane before first light Sunday, with additional strengthening expected today

Oct 26 •

Melissa to Strengthen and Drift Near or South of Jamaica as a Major Hurricane by Sunday

Days of potentially catastrophic flash flooding and landslides threaten southern Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and eastern Jamaica

Oct 24 •

Melissa Forecast to Rapidly Strengthen into a Major Hurricane this Weekend

Melissa threatens to be a two-pronged disaster for the central Caribbean, first as a prolific rainmaker, then as a blockbuster hurricane

Oct 23 •

Melissa to Meander, Raising the Risk of Significant Flash Flooding for the North-Central Caribbean

Melissa’s uncertain course could deliver torrential rains to parts of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica this week

Oct 22 •

Melissa Comes Together in the Caribbean, Bringing the Threat of Major Flooding this Week

Melissa expected to loiter under light steering this week, raising the risk for prolonged heavy rains and flooding

Oct 21 •

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