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Re: NATL: MELISSA - Aftermath - Discussion: Josh Morgerman video of Melissa is up

#3041 Postby ljmac75 » Tue Dec 16, 2025 9:46 am

cycloneye wrote:His words to describe it. #MELISSA was the most epic chase of my career—and the most intense #hurricane I’ve witnessed.

Video from Josh of Hurricane Melissa


Now this video is the real deal. Feature length film, with some crazy winds. Past a certain point wind kinda looks the same but that screeching noise is a little worse than any other storm despite the diminishing returns. The "eye" section was a lot windier than I expected, though absolutely nothing like the proper eyewall sections. Pretty bad wind damage too, good thing he knocked on the hotel wall to demonstrate that it was sturdy.
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Re: NATL: MELISSA - Aftermath - Discussion: Josh Morgerman video of Melissa is up

#3042 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 30, 2025 7:48 pm

The mesovortices were impressive.

 https://x.com/CIRA_CSU/status/2006147642452001117

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Re: NATL: MELISSA - Aftermath - Discussion

#3043 Postby cycloneye » Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:06 am

If I guess when the Melissa TCR will be out, I would say by February.
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Re: NATL: MELISSA - Aftermath - Discussion

#3044 Postby ljmac75 » Tue Jan 06, 2026 2:32 pm

cycloneye wrote:If I guess when the Melissa TCR will be out, I would say by February.


Top 10 Questions We (by "we" I mean "I") hope are answered by the Melissa TCR

1. What was up with the GFS during Melissa? The GFS kept trying to send the thing into Haiti, even when it was obviously not going there. It was pretty insistent on it for a while too.
2. Did Melissa ever go through an eyewall replacement cycle? People keep bringing up how it didn't go through an eyewall replacement cycle but had eyewall mergers or something. Hopefully we get at least a sentence or two about that part.
3. When did Melissa peak in intensity?
4. What was Melissa's peak intensity? Will the NHC bump the storm up to 165 kt? Will they move it down to 155 kt for some reason?
5. What was Melissa's landfall intensity in Jamaica?
6. Is there any other data from the core in Jamaica? Any at all. Wind, pressure, anything. Besides Josh's I mean.
7. How did it weaken so rapidly over Jamaica?
8. What was Melissa's landfall intensity in Cuba?
9. What was Melissa doing over the Bahamas? Officially making landfall I suspect.
10. When did Melissa dissipate and did it do anything of note while extratropical?

(I know we already kinda know the answer to most of these but it's not official until the TCR comes out)
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Re: NATL: MELISSA - Aftermath - Discussion

#3045 Postby cycloneye » Tue Jan 06, 2026 3:08 pm

Josh is going back to Jamaica and read why. I say bravo. :fantastic: :clap:

 https://x.com/iCyclone/status/2008623886200447414

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