Hurricane Melissa slams toward Jamaica as powerful Category 5 storm
Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica. Forecasters said it would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record keeping began in 1851.
Guantánamo Bay begins evacuations as Hurricane Melissa nears category 5 strength
As Hurricane Melissa intensifies into a powerful Category 4 storm with the potential to reach Category 5 strength, U.S. authorities at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have begun evacuating non-mission-essential U.S. citizens.
Hurricane Melissa sees extreme rapid intensification as Jamaica braces for extensive infrastructural damage
Time has essentially run out for millions of people in Jamaica to prepare for deadly Hurricane Melissa’s onslaught as the monster storm undergoes "extreme rapid intensification" ahead of its likely catastrophic landfall in the coming days.
Wet weekend!
As expected, the North Bay coastal ranges and inland hills/higher peaks picked up the most rainfall from today as a cold front move through the region. Rainfall amounts where anywhere from 0.25" to 0.75" with Mount Tamalpais picking up 1.16". The frontal boundary continues to move southward across the Central Coast with little to no measurable rainfall as the system continues to weaken. The exception being the hills of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Santa Cruz Mountains where up to 0.20" can be expected through the remainder of the day/evening. The far northern portions of the North Bay may have lingering post frontal rain showers this afternoon and will begin to taper off this evening. Cooler conditions are forecast for tonight with lows Sunday morning ranging from the mid 50s near the coast to upper 40s inland. A second frontal boundary will move through the North Bay Sunday morning through afternoon bringing about half the amount of rainfall to the region as today. The Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains may pick up just a few hundredths of an inch. Rainfall chances greatly diminish late Sunday evening across all of the region. Enjoy your Autumn Weekend! :fallen_leaf:
Wet Weekend!
- Beneficial rain across the Bay Area arrives Saturday - Large swell has returned with hazardous beach conditions through the weekend - Warming and drying trend for next week! Tonight will be slightly warmer, especially across the North Bay and Bay Area as clouds continue to increase as the front approaches. Prefrontal rain will be possible early Saturday morning with main band moving through the North Bay between 3 AM and 7 AM, the Bay Area between 5 AM and 9 AM, the Santa Cruz Mountains and South Bay between 9 AM and 1 PM, and then the remainder of the Central Coast after 1 PM. Rainfall amounts will be beneficial across the North Bay with the coastal ranges picking up between 0.25"-0.50" with less than 0.20" in the valleys. Less than 0.10" in the city of San Francisco and little to nothing as you head southward and inland. Winds will be breezy to windy, southwest 10-20 mph with occasional stronger gusts. Bottom line...cloudy, cooler and breezy with a smattering of showers. Have a nice weekend!
Weekend rain
High clouds will begin to increase from the north as a cold front approaches Friday night. We are expecting the front to move in late Friday night and into early Saturday morning bringing beneficial rain to the North Bay where generally up to .25" will be possible with less than .10" across the San Francisco Bay Area. The front will dissipate as in progresses southward toward through Saturday when the Santa Cruz Mountains could see generally less than .10". Elsewhere, less than 0.05" is expected through Saturday. A secondary frontal is forecast to move through the region Sunday morning through afternoon resulting in a little less than the first for the aforementioned areas and little to no rain expected across the Central Coast. Post frontal rain showers will be possible, especially across the North Bay, in wake of the second frontal passage into Sunday night or early Monday morning. Cooler conditions temperatures are forecast for this weekend with them dropping up to 10 degrees below seasonal averages. :sunny:
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