many images were combined into an animation to make a video that shows Melissa's transformations over Nov. At the NASA GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NOAA's GOES-East satellite sits in a fixed position over the Atlantic Ocean and captures visible and infrared imagery continually. NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured images that were made into an animation showing Melissa's conversion from a subtropical to tropical storm and now making another change.

21, Melissa is expected to convert to a post-tropical storm. Tropical Storm Melissa is spinning around in the north Central Atlantic Ocean after becoming tropical on Nov. 21, 2013 - NASA Catches Melissa's Fickle Life as a Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to continue moving toward the east-northeast and weaken over the next day or two. None of those areas reported rain at the time of the observations. Ponta Delgada and Santa Maria both reported winds from the west near 21 mph/33.8 kph. local time in the Azores, Angra Do Heroismo and Lajes both reported sustained winds near 25 mph/40.2 kph from the west-northwest. Regional warnings were dropped for Azores on November 22. Azores local time showed extra-tropical storm Melissa in the Eastern Atlantic near the Azores Islands. Melissa was about 265 nautical miles/305 miles/490.8 km north-northwest of the Azores near 40.9 north and 32.1 west and headed to the east northeast at 24 knots/27.6 mph/44.4 kph.Ī GOES-East satellite image from Nov. At that time, Melissa still had maximum sustained winds near 45 knots/51.7 mph/83.3 kph, but its core had changed from warm to cold, like a typical mid-latitude low pressure system. The final advisory on Melissa was issued on November 22 at 0300 UTC, or November 21 at 10 p.m.

The National Hurricane Center issued their final advisory on Extra-Tropical Storm Melissa as it spins toward to Azores Islands and weakens. Extra-Tropical Storm Melissa Spinning into History

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