Hurricane Melissa will pass near Newfoundland on 1st Nov as an ex-tropical cyclone, then head toward the Iceland/UK area.

This flings a lot of warm, moisture-laden air across Europe. Unusually low heating demand for early Nov, but also a risk of excessive rainfall in the north.

This additional friction looks to have caused a greater disruption of Melissa's core structure in the past hour. Much re-intensification over the Bahamas would be surprising.

Sadly, convergence of the wind against those mountains will be releasing copious amounts of moisture as rainfall.

Melissa's slow crawl while strengthening to category 5 is very reminiscent of Dorian 2019, except the eyewall is thankfully not impacting any land areas.

Sadly, it's forecast to turn toward Jamaica tonight & make landfall there tomorrow... as a category 5.

Stay strong, Jamaica.

I daresay the long-awaited onset of faster intensification of hurricane Melissa is either underway or imminent, judging by the very strong convection (black-white shading) enveloping the core.

Meanwhile, an awfully drawn-out impact on Jamaica is now getting underway.