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FZNT25 KNHC 290933
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL
533 AM EDT WED OCT 29 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 OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF 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 THROUGH THU EVENING. FREQUENT
GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT IN THE
NW GULF THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE ALONG
THE COAST OF MEXICO OFFSHORE OF TAMPICO THIS MORNING AND SPREAD
SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE EARLY THU
NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY ENTER THE NW GULF SUN.
TODAY
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING,
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS.
TONIGHT
NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT, BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THU
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
THU NIGHT
NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
FRI
N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN W TO NW SWELL.
FRI NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT
NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
SUN
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
SYNOPSIS
MAJOR HURRICANE MELISSA IS NEAR 20.3N 76.1W AT 5 AM
EDT, AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE 100 KT WITH GUSTS TO 120 KT, AND THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 960 MB. MELISSA WILL MOVE TO 21.9N 75.1W THIS
AFTERNOON, 25.0N 73.0W THU MORNING, 29.0N 69.9W THU AFTERNOON,
34.2N 64.8W FRI MORNING, 40.3N 58.1W FRI AFTERNOON, AND WEAKEN
AS AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE NEAR 46.3N 51.0W SAT MORNING. A COLD
FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS WILL LIFT N OF THE AREA TODAY. FRESH
TO STRONG S TO SW WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE NORTHERN OFFSHORE WATERS N OF 29N TO 60W TONIGHT. 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.
TODAY
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
TONIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, SHIFTING TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
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, BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
THU NIGHT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND W TO NW 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
FRI
NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT
N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
SUN
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
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