The NEXT Weather Team is tracking Hurricane Melissa as it spins through the Caribbean this weekend.
Melissa intensified Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane. It will continue to strengthen before making landfall as a Major Category 4 hurricane in Jamaica on Tuesday. The storm will drop two to three feet of rain on the island, creating catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides.
Back in South Florida, strong on-shore winds gusting to 20 miles per hour are pushing small rainstorms ashore. The storms will die down by early afternoon, with more scattered rain likely later Saturday evening…