The National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 215 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 250 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. Packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, it is tracking east-southeast at 2 mph.

At 2 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 190 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 225 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving north at 2 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph.

The National Hurricane Center is keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.

Tropical Storm Melissa is making very slow progression in the Caribbean, but forecasts show the storm strengthening into a major Category 4 hurricane.FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross gives exclusive analysis on what path Melissa will take and how strong it could get.

Jamaica prepares for Melissa’s arrival as forecasts predict over 72 hours of hurricane conditions and heavy rainfall.

Melissa is expected to significantly strengthen by late Friday and over the weekend, when the storm could become a hurricane as early as Saturday.

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica, making this the strongest hurricane to make landfall on the island since 1988.

Residents and visitors across Jamaica are bracing for Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and the threat of flooding and landslides.

Twenty years ago this week, back in 2005, Hurricane Wilma was raging across the Caribbean Sea, and bringing devastating impacts to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Afterwards, Wilma would turn northeastward and quickly impact the Florida peninsula later on the 24th of October.

At 11 p.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 215 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 225 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving north at 2 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. Melissa is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane.