Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. The monster storm strengthened Tuesday before hitting Jamaica, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph). It's the strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas in 2019.

So, when meteorologists say a hurricane has a pressure of 965 mb or lower, it means the storm’s center has a very low atmospheric pressure, and that generally indicates a stronger, more intense hurricane with very strong winds as the atmosphere tries to balance out the pressure imbalance.

Some showers and a few strong storms area expected for Acadiana this evening, followed by the coolest air of the season, while catastrophic Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon.

Twenty years ago this week, back in 2005, Hurricane Wilma was raging across the Caribbean Sea, and bringing devastating impacts to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Afterwards, Wilma would turn northeastward and quickly impact the Florida peninsula later on the 24th of October.

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