Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean Sea

Tropical Storm Melissa developed in the Caribbean Sea on 21 October 2025 — and 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared and Visible images (above) showed that most of the deep convection (which often exhibited abundant GLM-detected lightning activity) remained west of Melissa’s surface center of circulation, due to moderate west-southwesterly deep-layer wind... Read More