A tropical wave in the Caribbean developed Tuesday morning into Tropical Storm Melissa.

As of the 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, the center of the newly formed Melissa was located about 300 miles south of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

Melissa is moving toward the west near 14 mph and is expected to slow down and gradually turn to the northwest and north over the next few days.

On the forecast track, Melissa is expected to approach the southwestern portion of Haiti and Jamaica later this week.

A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the southern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince. The government of Jamaica has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the island.

Surface observations and satellite data indicate that the maximum sustain

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