727  
FZNT25 KNHC 300325  
OFFN04  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL  
1125 PM 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 FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO  
THE SW GULF WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT THEN MOVE SE OF  
THE AREA THU MORNING. GALE FORCE WINDS OFF VERACRUZ WILL  
DIMINISH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD FRESH TO STRONG N TO NW WINDS AND  
ROUGH SEAS WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT TONIGHT, WITH  
CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING THROUGH EARLY THU NIGHT. ANOTHER  
COLD FRONT MAY ENTER THE NW GULF SUN.  
   
OVERNIGHT  
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
THU  
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.    
THU NIGHT  
NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.    
FRI  
N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
SUN  
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
SUN NIGHT  
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
MON  
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
MON NIGHT  
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  
 
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA  
   
SYNOPSIS  
HURRICANE MELISSA IS NEAR 24.3N 74.3W AT 11 PM EDT,  
AND IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 18 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS  
ARE 85 KT WITH GUSTS TO 105 KT, AND THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  
IS 970 MB. MELISSA WILL MOVE TO 26.9N 72.4W THU MORNING, 31.7N  
68.2W THU EVENING, 37.6N 62.2W FRI MORNING, BECOME EXTRATROPICAL  
AND MOVE TO 44.0N 55.5W FRI EVENING, WEAKEN AS AN EXTRATROPICAL  
CYCLONE NEAR 50.0N 49.0W SAT MORNING, AND 53.0N 43.0W SAT EVENING.  
MELISSA WILL CHANGE LITTLE IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES NEAR 56.5N  
29.5W LATE SUN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 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 WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  
   
OVERNIGHT  
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, SHIFTING TO W TO NW AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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 6 TO 8 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 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N, AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF  
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
FRI NIGHT  
NW TO N 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 TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
SUN  
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SUN NIGHT  
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
MON  
NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
MON NIGHT  
NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  
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