Melissa could briefly bring a swell and rough seas to the U.S. East Coast after it passes the Bahamas later in the week, but because of the angle and speed at which it's moving off into the Atlantic, Roth said any coastal impacts should be short-lived.

The complicated storm system could dump up to 2 to 3 inches in some areas of the state and bring wind gusts as powerful as 50 mph.

We are tracking one storm system this week that has potential to bring some beneficial rain, but the track is critical on where the heaviest rain will occur.

Hurricane Melissa is set to pummel Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.

FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is in Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall expected Tuesday morning. The Category 5 hurricane is expected to deliver deadly storm surge, life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides and destructive winds.

Article last updated: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 7 a.m. ET