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English: This geo-color image of Hurricane Melissa was captured on October 28, 2025, at 12:30 UTC (7:30 AM Jamaica Local Time), utilizing the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument aboard NOAA's GOES 19 satellite. Melissa, classified as the as the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, originated from a tropical wave off the coast of Africa during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, characterized by above-average activity. At the time of capture, Hurricane Melissa was progressing northeastward, poised for an eventual landfall in the Jamaica later that same day. The storm's devastating impact resulted in a casualty count of at least 95 individuals in multiple countries. The financial toll incurred by Melissa is currently at least $8.82 Billion in 2025 U.S. dollars. Hurricane Melissa, at the time of imaging, was peaking in intensity as an exceptionally intense Category 5 hurricane, featuring 1-minute sustained winds of 190 mph (310 km/h; 170 kn) according to the Saffir-Simpson scale making it tied with Hurricane Allen of 1980 as the highest recorded 1-min sustained winds in the North Atlantic, coupled with a minimum central pressure of 892 mbar (26.3 inHg), making it the third most intense on record tying it with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane 90 years prior to Melissa. |
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| Source | EOSDIS Worldview |
| Author | ABI Imagery from NOAA's GOES-19 Satellite |
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| current | 10:34, 29 May 2026 | | 3,643 × 4,636 (2.36 MB) | ZonResearcher | lighting tweaks to match the time of day this image was taken |
| 13:30, 28 October 2025 |  | 3,643 × 4,636 (1.62 MB) | ZonResearcher | tweaks | |
| 13:27, 28 October 2025 |  | 3,419 × 4,442 (1.5 MB) | ZonResearcher | Uploaded a work by ABI Imagery from NOAA's GOES-19 Satellite from [https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ EOSDIS Worldview] with UploadWizard |
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