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October 27, 2025: News on Hurricane Melissa

CNN · last updated

Melissa remains a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 175 mph as of 2 a.m. ET, according to the National Hurricane Center. However, the minimum central pressure of the storm has decreased from 909 millibars Monday evening to 901 millibars early Tuesday.

In general, the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm, so this drop indicates that Melissa may be gaining strength in the coming hours. For reference, Hurricane Katrina’s lowest pressure was 902 mb, making Melissa even more intense than the 2005 storm that devastated Louisiana.

NOAA Hurricane Hunters continue to fly into the storm to collect valuable wind data, so we will stay tuned to see if they find stronger winds in Melissa’s eyewall this morning ahead of its projected landfall.

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