MÉRIDA, Yucatán.— The Hurricane Melissa makes history again and is placed in the fourth position among the most powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic basin.
As announced by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) USAthe meteor continued to get stronger in the early hours of this Tuesday.
Hurricane central pressure
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Until yesterday, Monday, it was ranked as the eleventh most intense when it maintained a 906 hPa central pressure.
The central pressure of a tropical cyclone is one of the measurements used to determine the strength of a tropical cyclone.
In this case, tropical pressure is inversely proportional to the strength of the winds. That is, the less pressure there is in the center of the storm, the greater the winds will be.
The above was fulfilled this morning, when the NHC reported a drop in the pressure in the eye of Hurricane “Melissa” that reached the 896 hPa.
Increase in wind intensity
The above involved a increase in wind intensitywhich were kept in sustained maximums of 290 Kph and gusts exceeding 300 kilometers, which They could reach 350 kmph.
With that central pressure, “Melissa” climbed from 11th place to sixth among the most intense.
However, shortly after 8 a.m., the NHC indicated that it had strengthened even more and was close to making landfall.
According to the information provided by the agency, the pressure fell even more with a value of 892 hPa y 295 Kph windssurpassing the cyclones “Milton” (2024), “Rita” (2005).
It was now ranked fourth, only below “Labor Day Hurricane” (1935), “Gilberto” (1988) and “Wilma” (2005).
Cyclones with low central pressure
According to tropical cyclone records, it is the first time that two consecutive seasons (2024 and 2025) present cyclones with pressures less than 900 hPa.
It should be noted that, according to reports from hurricane hunter planes, numerous birds had been trapped in the walls of the eye of Hurricane “Melissa”, which would probably die from exhaustion due to the slow progress of the meteor, since they would not be able to cross the center of the storm due to its powerful winds.
NHC report
The NHC reported that, at 11:00 am EDT (09:00 am Central Mexico Time), the eye of Hurricane Melissa was located near latitude 17.9 North, longitude 77.9 West.
Melissa is moving north-northeast near 15 km/h. A turn toward the northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected later today, followed by a faster movement toward the northeast on Wednesday and Thursday. On the forecast track, the core of Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica during the next two hours, move across southeastern Cuba early in the
Wednesday morning, and move across the southeast or central Bahamas on Wednesday afternoon.
Maximum sustained winds are near 295 km/h with higher gusts.
Melissa is a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Little change in strength is expected before Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica. Melissa is expected to reach Jamaica and southeastern Cuba as a major hurricane
extremely dangerous, and will still be a strong hurricane as it moves through the Bahamas in the southeast.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 km from the center and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 315 km.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 892 mb (26.34 inches).
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