HALIFAX — Hurricane Melissa is forecast to remain offshore as it accelerates north this week, but the Canadian Hurricane Center says the storm is still expected to play a role in causing nasty weather conditions across eastern Canada.
Meteorologist Bob Robichaud says a low pressure system will pass over the northeastern United States on Friday, where it will pull moist tropical air from Melissa.
The result will be strong winds and rain in the Maritimes and parts of Ontario and Quebec.
While Melissa will likely head toward the Grand Banks off eastern Newfoundland on Saturday, the low pressure system is expected to continue creating windy and wet conditions.
Robichaud says it's too early to make predictions about rainfall amounts or wind strength, but he says those in Atlantic Canada thinking about postponing Halloween trick-or-treating until Saturday should think again.
Rain and gusty winds are forecast to continue across the region until the low pressure system reaches the open ocean on Sunday.
Hurricane Melissa is slowly moving toward Jamaica, where officials and residents are bracing for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 28, 2025.
— With files from The Associated Press.
