There’s a lot going on in the weather department, starting with the fact that in the Caribbean, Hurricane Melissa has reached Category 5 status. The storm looks like it will make landfall in Jamaica by Tuesday afternoon, still as a Category 5, before making a second landfall in Cuba and a third in Turks and Caicos. The impacts of this storm will be catastrophic for parts of the Caribbean, namely Jamaica, with storm surge of 10 feet or higher and rainfall of 30″ or greater possible. The storm currently has winds of 160 mph, and gusts of 195 mph as well.

Back here at home, we’ve had a cool start to the day. We woke up to the 20s and 30s, and will have highs in the low 50s by the afternoon. We’ll start off mostly sunny, but clouds increase throughout the day. We could even see an ocean-effect shower in the evening. Any rain will be very, very limited, but it’s not something to count out.

Our ocean-effect showers will continue Tuesday and Wednesday, staying limited both days. Highs will be in the low 50s both days, and it will be windy as well.

Thursday will be in the upper 50s, but heavy rain returns by Thursday evening with our next storm. That rain will last from Thursday evening through early Friday morning, with a few lingering showers during the morning commute. The good news is that the rain looks largely gone by the time the kids are getting ready for trick-or-treating! It will, however, still be windy and cool with highs in the low to mid 50s.

— Kristina