Weather TODAY: Melissa arrives in the Atlantic; This is the path of the storm

The National Meteorological Service (SMN), official climate source of the Government of Mexico, reported on the morning of this Tuesday, October 21 that A new tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, named “Melissa”.

The SMN shared in a report this day that Tropical storm “Melissa” has formed in the central Caribbean. Due to its distance and trajectory, the system does not represent a danger to Mexican territory..

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In its distance to the nearest place, “Melissa” is located 480 km south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and 1,765 km east-southeast of Punta Herrero, Quintana Roo..

Its current movement is towards the west (280°) at 22 km/h. It maintains maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h and gusts of 100 km/h.

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For now, the system does not represent a danger to the national territory.

It is expected to become a hurricane next Saturday, October 25, when it will be 1,380 km east-southeast of Cancún, Quintana Roo.

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“Melissa” is the 13th tropical cyclone in the Atlantic, after “Andrea”, “Barry”, “Chantal”, “Dexter”, “Erin”, “Fernand”, “Gabrielle”, “Humberto”, “Imelda”, “Jerry”, “Karen” and “Lorenzo”. Only four of them have reached hurricane status.

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With information from the National Meteorological Service

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