The Atlantic hurricane season is June 1st through Nov. 30th. ‘98-L’ - became “Melissa” over the Caribbean Tue. morning & after a long battle with stiff wind shear, was upgraded to a hurricane early Sat.

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, intensified rapidly, then stalled near the coast.

The National Hurricane Center is keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.

Jacksonville, Fl. — THE TROPICS: The Atlantic hurricane season is June 1st through Nov. 30th. (1) A Hurricane WATCH: Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with theDominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince & Jamaica.

The map below shows the *average* time for a tropical wave coming off Africa to travel west & northwest. Only about 1 in 5 tropical waves - on average - become a tropical cyclone of some sort (depression/storm/hurricane): Water vapor loop (dark blue/yellow is dry mid & upper level air): October Atlantic tropical cyclone origins:

Tropical Storm Jerry formed Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, according to the 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Jerry, formerly Invest 95L, is the 10th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and may become a hurricane in the next day ...

Parts of the Caribbean began surveying the damage caused by the deadly Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5.

The map below shows the *average* time for a tropical wave coming off Africa to travel west & northwest. Only about 1 in 5 tropical waves - on average - become a tropical cyclone of some sort (depression/storm/hurricane): Water vapor loop (dark blue/yellow is dry mid & upper level air): October Atlantic tropical cyclone origins: