10/28/2025
Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane this afternoon. This is when it first made landfall, around 1:04 p.m. EST.
Winds were sustained at about 185 MPH with gusts upwards of 200 MPH.
There was significant lightning reported in the eyewall of the storm along with torrential rainfall being forecast for western Jamaica as well.
The storm has weakened as of right now, down to a Category 4 but, it will still track over Jamaica, still providing devastating impacts for those in Jamaica before it moves off towards the north, hitting Cuba and the Bahamas, later this week.
The snapshot below shows the winds that were reported at this location when Hurricane Melissa first made landfall!