Reid Lybarger

When the #Florida peak of the climatological wet season (roughly July through September) last year ended with a drier than normal September in 2025 (due to a persistent U.S. east coast trough and lack of tropical cyclone activity in Florida), it has created a drier than normal dry season in the La Niña pattern across Florida and this has further exacerbated drought and lowered aquifer levels. This is a problem for wildfire potential and sinkhole development, given the relatively frequent long duration cold snaps (freezes) and the high demand for agricultural crop irrigation which can further lower aquifer levels and create ground vaults/weaknesses in many Florida areas prone to sinkholes. #FLwx

Some people in the Southeast will a generational snow storm this weekend, others will get a generational ice storm. Just too early to tell exactly who gets what... Everybody gets the extreme cold next week

Another very cold morning coming Friday to Florida due to Arctic Blast-o Freeze to Interstate 4 and low-20s up I-75 to Gainesville, and 20°F in Tallahassee. Teens in south Georgia.

This is why we Florida

Mike Norvell is ruining my life

NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. White House — Landfall point.

Bluefields, Westmoreland.

*NEW* Authentic video of the damage around Montego Bay #Jamaica near and at the Catalina Hotel from #Hurricane #Melissa. 📽️: @samdienst | @LiveStormsMedia @spann @TND @WxWiseApp

St. Elizabeth this morning. The aftermath. #TrackingMelissa #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica @CVMTV

Black River is gone!!! What am I really seeing here? #Hurricane #Melissa

Reason we tell you not to go out in hurricanes

AUDIO: Listen to the roar of powerful winds pounding Treasure Beach, Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches Caribbean island.

Most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record By pressure (mb) Wilma (2005): 882 Gilbert (1988): 888 "Labor Day" (1935): 892 *Melissa* (2025): 892 By wind (mph) Allen (1980): 190 "Labor Day" (1935): 185 Gilbert (1988): 185 Wilma (2005): 185 Dorian (2019): 185 *Melissa* (2025): 185

Simply incredible imagery of Hurricane Melissa this morning as it approaches Jamaica.

Cat. 5 Hurricane Melissa's winds are up to 180 mph as it nears landfall along Jamaica's SW coast. The only silver lining at this point is that Melissa has a tight core, so hurricane-force winds only extend 30 miles from the center. Catastrophic damage expected near landfall.

Probably the best illustration of the ‘stadium effect’ you could see inside Hurricane Melissa

A thread of videos from today’s flight into Hurricane Melissa In this first one we are entering from the southeast just after sunrise and the bright arc on the far northwest eye wall is the light just beginning to make it over the top from behind us.

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa. Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.

Jamaica has had four major hurricane landfalls 1903: Unnamed, Cat. 3 (120 mph) 1912: Unnamed, Cat 3 (115 mph) 1951: Charlie, Cat. 3 (125 mph) 1988: Gilbert. Cat. 4 (130 mph) Hurricane Melissa is forecast to make landfall tomorrow as a Cat. 5, would be strongest on record.