Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.

Two to three tropical cyclones may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in November, said the country’s weather bureau on Wednesday. According to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Benison Estareja,

Recent satellite wind data indicate the tropical wave (Invest 98L) located over the eastern Caribbean Sea still lacks a closed circulation, but continues to produce a concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms.

A November tropical threat occurs roughly once every ten years, with the most recent strike taking place back in 2022 when Hurricane Nicole made landfall near Vero Beach on Florida’s east coast.

The low pressure area (LPA) being monitored inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility has a “low” potential of becoming a tropical depression in the next 24 hours, the state weather bureau said on Sunday night.

The Capital Region and most of New York are bracing for a widespread soaking and gusty winds from a developing storm that will hit Thursday into Friday.