 After becoming a tropical cyclone on November 20 , Melissa accelerated northeastward and slowly strengthened . Later that day , the storm attained its peak intensity with sustained winds of 65 mph ( 100 km / h ) and a minimum barometric pressure of 980 mbar ( 29 inHg ) . Amid colder ocean temperatures , Melissa lost all of its deep convection and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone at 00 : 00 UTC on November 22 , at about 140 mi ( 230 km ) north @-@ northeast of Flores Island , Azores . The remnants merged with another system several hours later . 
