John Morales, a meteorologist with NBC affiliate WTVJ, couldn’t contain himself when he learned the latest barometric pressure of the eye of the approaching hurricane — an indicator of how strong a storm will be — as seen in a clip shared on TikTok.

South Florida was spared a direct blow from Hurricane Melissa, but the massive storm still hit home for the millions of residents there who have deep roots in the Caribbean.

Hurricane Melissa is rapidly speeding out into the Atlantic and is expected to drop down into an extratropical cyclone later today, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center.