As of 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Melissa’s low-level circulation was centered was about 220 miles (325 kilometers) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, crawling north-northwest at a mere 2 mph (4 km/h). Melissa’s top sustained winds had actually decreased to 45 mph (75 km/h), focused mainly north and east of its center. Melissa’s disheveled, asymmetric structure is the result of high wind shear of 20-25 knots. Melissa is tilted with height, with its upper-level center visible as an area of spin just south of Haiti, well northeast of the surface center.
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