NATL: MELISSA - Aftermath - Discussion: Josh Morgerman video of Melissa is up

[ATDoel]

Josh seems to be in the “Mexico Beach” spot. Places like New Hope would be the “Tyndall AFB” spot for looking straight up into the stadium eye.

Yeah, he may not get a real good eye shot but he definitely will have footage from the strongest part of the eyewall..... hopefully he made it.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Treasure Beach, Jamaica is not getting anything close to 185 mph winds.

[HurricaneRyan]

Melissa strengthening all the way up to landfall

Did not expect to wake up to that low pressure

[Hurricane2022]

Any update from Josh?

[GCANE]

 https://x.com/MatthewCappucci/status/1983186444270350779

[GCANE]

Cloud tops warming now on the eastern portion of Melissa.

[Exalt]

Everyone saying WPAC or Patricia, but what this actually reminds me of, at least at landfall, is Winston, shape and all

[Nimbus]

Josh seems to be in the “Mexico Beach” spot. Places like New Hope would be the “Tyndall AFB” spot for looking straight up into the stadium eye.

Crawford received the clear eye briefly.
Eastern eyewall at landfall is the worst place to be you never catch a break.
Josh will be OK, probably helping out where he can.

[aspen]

That persistent westward wobble is really bad for Josh. Getting walloped by the worst eyewall and won’t be able to capture the lowest pressure of the storm. Hopefully he makes it through okay.

[CrazyC83]

Cloud tops warming now on the eastern portion of Melissa.

Land interaction likely playing a role there.

[GCANE]

Internet connectivity now dropping rapidly across the island.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Josh Morgerman is at these coordinates:
18.04376 -77.91039

It matches the video here:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1546850113124310

Someone in another forum found it.

[GCANE]

 https://x.com/Jeff_Piotrowski/status/1983210346249699346

[Blown Away]

Getting close!

[GCANE]

LIVE


https://www.youtube.com/live/N9urlXyih7A

[FLpanhandle91]

Josh's exactly location is here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/kmxtc3yNiMSBAMro8

https://www.booking.com/hotel/jm/the-hi ... wford.html

[Nimbus]

That persistent westward wobble is really bad for Josh. Getting walloped by the worst eyewall and won’t be able to capture the lowest pressure of the storm. Hopefully he makes it through okay.

Not good for Montego Bay either but there are some 1000 foot hills just to the east that will reduce the wind velocity. Hillside flooding is what it is probably historic and people should have moved away from known locations where runoff typically floods.

Power station on SW side of city at 35 ft but these winds are going to take down the lines at the least.

[Nimbus]

Josh's exactly location is here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/kmxtc3yNiMSBAMro8

https://www.booking.com/hotel/jm/the-hi ... wford.html

I think he may be parked closer to 18.0438

[Blown Away]

Josh's exactly location is here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/kmxtc3yNiMSBAMro8

https://www.booking.com/hotel/jm/the-hi ... wford.html

He probably caught the very edge on the east side of the eye.

[MarioProtVI]

To be fair, I wasn’t really expecting Melissa to eclipse Milton from last year. Man I was wrong. But Milton’s EI episode, tracking that and the first sub-900 peak in 20 years was still something. But Melissa reaching the exact intensity of Labor Day ‘35, then proceeding to be Jamaica’s incarnation of it…I have no words.