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At 200 PM EDT (1800 UTC), the center of Hurricane Melissa was located near latitude 16.6 North, longitude 75.2 West. Melissa is moving slowly toward the west-northwest near 1 mph (2 km/h).

A slow west-northwestward or westward motion is expected today through the end of the weekend. A turn to the north and northeast is forecast on Monday and Tuesday.

On the forecast track, the center of Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica during the weekend and early next week, and it could be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of next week.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts. Rapid intensification is forecast to occur over the next couple of days and Melissa is forecast to become a major hurricane by Sunday.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km). The estimated minimum central pressure is 980 mb (28.94 inches).