Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday morning. Melissa is the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season .

At 2 p.m., the National Hurricane Center showed that Melissa had sustained winds of 50 mph and was moving west at 14 mph. The storm was moving over very warm waters.

This will help to fuel additional strengthening in the days to come. For now, the speed and strength have remained unchanged.

Melissa could become a hurricane by later this week, but the official track from the National Hurricane Center keeps the storm in the Caribbean through this weekend.

The farther north this storm gets, the more wind shear it is expected to encounter. Wind shear can help to weaken tropical systems, but can also create uncertainty regarding the strength and di

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