The storm and its precursor brought strong winds, heavy rainfall, rough surf, and coastal flooding to the Mid-Atlantic States and New England.

The cold front began to lift to the northwest, due to an incoming mid-latitude trough across the eastern United States.

By 18:00 UTC on October 8, a frontal low began to produce tropical storm-force winds, while located roughly 80 miles (130 km) east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

The frontal low began to intensify offshore the Mid-Atlantic States on October 9, before merging with an occluded front the next day.

The low then became detached from the occluded front with deep convection developing north of the system’s center, early on October 11.

By 6:00 UTC that day, the low was designated as Subtropical Storm Melissa, while located around 210 miles (340 km) south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

It was designated as a subtropical cyclone due to its large radius of gale-force winds and its association with an upper-level low.

[1] Melissa continued to meander offshore New England for the next 36 hours, as deep convection waned and sustained winds decreased.

[4] By 9:00 UTC on October 13, deep convection had become separated from the low-level center, and the structure of the system became disorganized.

[6] Just a few hours later, convection decreased for the final time as the inner-core region was taken over by stable cold-air stratocumulus clouds.

[8] After merging with a nearby frontal boundary, Melissa degenerated into an extratropical low at 12:00 UTC that day, while located roughly 400 miles (645 km) south of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

Coastal flooding on Long Beach Island prompted the cancellation of the first day of the LBI International Kite Festival.