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FZNT25 KNHC 282059
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL
459 PM EDT TUE OCT 28 2025
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...
SOUTHEAST GULF OF AMERICA
SYNOPSIS
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF
TONIGHT AND WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THU MORNING. WIDESPREAD FRESH TO STRONG N TO NW WINDS AND ROUGH
SEAS WILL OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH THU
EVENING. FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE
OF THE FRONT IN THE NW GULF LATE TONIGHT INTO WED MORNING. WINDS
WILL REACH GALE FORCE ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO OFFSHORE OF
TAMPICO WED MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ WED NIGHT.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE EARLY THU NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY
ENTER THE NW GULF SUN.
TONIGHT
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
WED
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
WED NIGHT
NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
FRI
N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
FRI NIGHT
NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT, SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR
LESS.
SAT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
SAT NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
SUN
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS, BUILDING TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SUN NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT, SUBSIDING TO
2 FT OR LESS.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
SYNOPSIS
MAJOR HURRICANE MELISSA IS NEAR 18.5N 77.7W AT 5 PM
EDT, AND IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE 125 KT WITH GUSTS TO 150 KT, AND THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 921 MB. MELISSA WILL MOVE TO 19.9N 76.7W WED
MORNING, 22.2N 75.3W WED AFTERNOON, 25.0N 73.2W THU MORNING,
28.9N 70.0W THU AFTERNOON, THEN MOVE N OF THE AREA NEAR 33.8N
64.8W FRI MORNING. A COLD FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS WILL LIFT N
OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. FRESH S TO SW WINDS WILL AFFECT THE
NORTHERN OFFSHORE WATERS TO 60W THROUGH EARLY WED MORNING. A
NEW COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. EARLY
THU MORNING, LEADING TO INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS OVER
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AHEAD OF MELISSA THROUGH LATE FRI MORNING.
ROUGH SEAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF MELISSA GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE BY THE WEEKEND.
TONIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.
WED
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N, AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
WED NIGHT
S OF 27N, NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N, N
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, SHIFTING TO W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS
3 FT S OF 27N, AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
THU
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N, AND W TO NW 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N, AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N.
THU NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N,
AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
FRI
NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N, AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
FRI NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. S OF 27N, SEAS 3 FT,
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N, SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND 3 TO
4 FT N OF 27N.
SAT NIGHT
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N, AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.
SUN
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N.
SUN NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N, AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
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