Graphic/NOAA
Jamaican community leaders will gather Wednesday at Solid Rock Church (1904 Michigan Avenue) to collect supplies that will be urgently and immediately needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
Hurricane Melissa officially became a catastrophic Category 5 storm Monday morning, with a tight core of 160 mph winds, with its eye first set on Jamaica. (Photo/Tropical Tidbits, Dr. Levi Cowan)
In the near term, Melissa is expected to affect Jamaica and Haiti as a growing tropical storm and hurricane. (Graphic/Hurricanecity.com)
The presence of Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto (right) will affect our weather the first part of the upcoming week. (Photo/Tropical Tidbits)
Tropical Storm 9 formed at 11 a.m. Saturday, forecast to parallel the Florida coast about 200 miles away. (Graphic/NHC)
The NHC began advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, located near the southeast coast of Cuba, at 5 p.m. Friday.
Numerous coastal weather warnings are in effect due to Hurricane Erin hundreds of miles off the coast. (Graphic/NWS Melbourne)
Reliable model output from Tuesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Erin is currently forecasted -- but not mandated -- to curve northward east of the Bahamas but west of Bermuda. It is expected to be a Category 3 major hurricane at that time. (Graphic/Tropical Tidbits)
The National Hurricane Center has noted the potential of some tropical development in the northeast Gulf of Meximerica toward the end of the upcoming week. (Graphic/NHC)