Hurricane Melissa has officially entered the record books after scientists verified a wind gust of 252 mph as the storm approached Jamaica last month. The National Center for Atmospheric Research at ...

Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its ...

Hurricane Melissa caused the strongest winds ever recorded by a dropsonde in a tropical cyclone. Our expert provides details ...

Aircrews with the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron fly an Oct. 27, 2025, mission into Hurricane ...

Hello, everyone! I hope your week is going well. Meteorologist Nick Dunn here with you on what has been a rather grey and ...

A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mile-per-hour gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached ...

A weather instrument dropped from a Hurricane Hunter plane during Hurricane Melissa measured the highest winds on record for such an instrument.

Hurricane Melissa flooded southwestern Haiti before slamming into Jamaica as a Cat 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 185 ...

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have verified the 252 mph gust measured in the eye of Hurricane ...

ATLANTA — Hurricane Melissa shattered records as it approached Jamaica last month. A dropsonde weather instrument from a NOAA ...

The previous fastest wind gust recorded by a dropsonde was in 2010, when Typhoon Megi unleashed a 248 mile per hour blast ...

A record-breaking 252 mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a ...