515
FNUS72 KNHC 292345
FWSNHC
SPOT FORECAST FOR AS MIA CG SAR RESPONSE...USCG AS MIAMI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 EDT THU OCT 30 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0000 EDT ON OCTOBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NWS
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER/TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST
BRANCH AT (305)229-4425.
DISCUSSION
HURRICANE MELISSA WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA
WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH ALMOST MIDNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING.
SEAS WILL BE ROUGH 10 TO 13 FT DURING THIS PERIOD. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY BY THU MORNING AS MELISSA ACCELERATES NORTHEASTWARD AWAY
FROM THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS, REACHING NEAR 26.9N 72.1W BY 1200 UTC. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH TO LIGHT TO GENTLE SPEEDS AND SEAS WILL BECOME SLIGHT BY THU EVENING
AND PREVAIL THROUGH FRI. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
NW FRI MORNING.
LATITUDE = 20.8557
LONGITUDE = -73.7801
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....ZERO TO 82 ABOVE ZERO.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 23 KNOTS.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTHWEST SWELL 5 FEET.
WAVE HEIGHT.........11 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........9 SECONDS.
WAVE PERIOD.........9 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........8 FEET.
SEA SURFACE TEMP....84 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........100 100 99 99 99 99
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
TEMP............73 73 72 72 72 72
SFC WND DIR.....SW SW SW SW SW W
SFC WND SPD KTS.23 23 17 17 17 17
SFC WND GST.....32 32 27 27 27 27
SWELL DIRECTION.SW SW NW NW NW NW
SWELL HGT (FT)..12 12 8 8 8 8
WAVE PERIOD (S).9 9 8 8 8 8
WIND WAVE (FT)..8 8 6 6 6 6
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)11 11 10 10 10 8
SST (F).........84 84 84 84 84 84
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....ZERO TO 83 ABOVE ZERO.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).WEST WINDS UP TO 17 KNOTS.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTHWEST SWELL 3 FEET.
WAVE HEIGHT.........8 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........6 FEET.
SEA SURFACE TEMP....84 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........99 99 76 76 76 76 76 76 46 46 46 46
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
TEMP............72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72
SFC WND DIR.....W W W W W W W W W W W W
SFC WND SPD KTS.17 17 14 14 14 10 10 10 11 11 11 12
SFC WND GST.....27 27 22 22 22 17 17 17 18 18 18 19
SWELL DIRECTION.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
SWELL HGT (FT)..8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4
WAVE PERIOD (S).8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
WIND WAVE (FT)..6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
SST (F).........84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....ZERO TO 81 ABOVE ZERO.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).WEST WINDS UP TO 12 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE IN THE EVENING.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTHEAST SWELL 2 FEET.
WAVE HEIGHT.........4 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 FEET OVERNIGHT.
WAVE PERIOD.........11 SECONDS.
WAVE PERIOD.........11 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........4 FEET DECREASING TO 2 FEET EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
SEA SURFACE TEMP....84 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........46 46 51 51 51 51 51 51 30 30 30 30
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
TEMP............72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72
SFC WND DIR.....W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
SFC WND SPD KTS.12 12 12 12 12 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
SFC WND GST.....19 19 19 19 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 13
SWELL DIRECTION.NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE NE
SWELL HGT (FT)..4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
WAVE PERIOD (S).7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11
WIND WAVE (FT)..4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
SST (F).........84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....ZERO TO 83 ABOVE ZERO.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST UP TO 12 KNOTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTHEAST SWELL 1 FEET.
WAVE HEIGHT.........2 FEET BUILDING TO 3 FEET LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WAVE PERIOD.........11 SECONDS.
WAVE PERIOD.........11 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........2 FEET INCREASING TO 4 FEET LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SEA SURFACE TEMP....84 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 30 29 29 29 29 29 29 75 75 75 75
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
TEMP............72 72 71 71 71 71 71 71 72 72 72 72
SFC WND DIR.....N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
SFC WND SPD KTS.8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 12
SFC WND GST.....13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 17 17 17 19
SWELL DIRECTION.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
SWELL HGT (FT)..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WAVE PERIOD (S).11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
WIND WAVE (FT)..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
SST (F).........84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84
FORECASTER...STRIPLING
REQUESTED BY...LCDR LLOYD
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
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.DELDT 10/30/25
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