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Oh, Victor Alpha 3, Victor with the X-ray 4ID. So, Melissa formed as a, or it started as a wave around October 16th and it was a disturbance off of West Africa and it became a tropical storm on October 21st and it began its rapid intensification on the 25th where it became a category 4 hurricane and it reached peak intensity on October 27th where it became a category 5 hurricane and it made its first landfall on October 28th, which was on Jamaica as a category 5 hurricane with winds of 295 kilometers an hour, 185 miles an hour and gusts higher, gusts as high as 240 kilometers an hour or close to 200 or around 205 miles an hour. So, very, very strong hurricane when it hit Jamaica.