The National Meteorological Service (SMN), official climate source of the Government of Mexico, shared on the morning of this Wednesday, October 22 that Tropical storm “Melissa” is located over the Caribbean Seabut will it affect Mexico?
The SMN shared that Tropical storm “Melissa” is located in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Due to its distance, the system does not represent a danger to Mexican territory..
In its distance to the nearest place, The tropical cyclone is located 520 km south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti and 1,565 km east-southeast of the coast of Quintana Roo..
Its current movement is towards the west (270°) at 20 km/h. It maintains maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h and gusts of 100 km/h.
The phenomenon is expected to reach category 1 as a hurricane on October 25, 1,195 meters east-southeast of Cancún, Quintana Roo..
“Melissa” is the 13th tropical cyclone in the Atlanticafter “Andrea”, “Barry”, “Chantal”, “Dexter”, “Erin”, “Fernand”, “Gabrielle”, “Humberto”, “Imelda”, “Jerry”, “Karen” and “Lorenzo”. Only four of them have reached hurricane status.
SPECIAL / Conagua
With information from the National Meteorological Service
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