Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to strengthen to hurricane
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Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 2 a.m. ET
The FOX 26 Weather Team is continuing to monitor the latest with Tropical Storm Melissa. Forecasts are predicting the named storm will become a major hurricane.
Invest 98L in the eastern Caribbean is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression or tropical storm over the next few days.
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.
Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane this weekend before eventually moving north. Is MD in for a wet Halloween?
Jeff Penner says we have an increasing chance of rain Friday into the weekend and possibly early next week. He’s also tracking a slowly intensifying tropical system in the Caribbean Sea.