Hurricane Melissa became a hurricane on Saturday, Oct. 25, surged up into a Category 4 hurricane by Sunday, and by Monday morning strengthened into the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic ...

A record-breaking 252 mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS? VANESSA. SO, NIKITA, BASICALLY, RIGHT NOW IT’S STILL A TROPICAL STORM SYSTEM NEAR JAMAICA AND STILL KIND OF STALLING OUT THERE, MOVING VERY SLOWLY, JUST LESS THAN FIVE ...