Recon was a little bit slow to get back into Melissa prior to the start of landfall, but was able to get a drop in the south eyewall, which is *not* the Right Front Quadrant, of 252 MPH at 250 meters. h/t Dr. Greg Postel on X

This would usually suggest the RFQ could easily be peaking out even stronger than that.

Making landfall as what could very well be a 190-210 MPH hurricane (certain to get a thorough post-season analysis), with less island to cross in western Jamaica, does not bode well for locations ahead: Cuba, Bahamas, Bermuda.

This could be the most intense hurricane Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has experienced.