Melissa was centered near 40.0 north latitude and 34.8 west longitude, about 440 miles/710 kilometers west-northwest of the Azores. Melissa was moving to the east-northeast at a speedy 32 mph/52 kph and had a minimum central pressure near 984 millibars. The center of Melissa will pass north of the western Azores today, Nov. 21.
The National Hurricane Center expects Melissa to become post-tropical later today. Gradual weakening is forecast during the next two days.
This is a simulated 3-D flyby animation over subtropical storm Melissa using TRMM satellite data on Nov. 20 at 6:21 a.m. EST. Red indicates heavy rainfall.
(Photo Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce)
NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Storm Melissa in the Central Atlantic on Nov. 21 at 1445 UTC/9:45 a.m. EST.
(Photo Credit: NASA GOES Project)
Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center