Updated at 9:15 AM E.T. on Friday, October 31, 2025

Hostile upper-level winds are forecast to dominate the belt across the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and the tropical Atlantic for the foreseeable future—at least the next 10 days. We can never rule out some random development in the Caribbean or the southern Gulf in November, but there is no sign of it in the long-range computer forecasts.

Hurricane Melissa passed Bermuda last night. Winds at the Dockyards there peaked at 83 mph sustained with gusts just over 100 mph. The winds blew hard for about an hour and a half late last night and then dropped off quickly about 1 AM.

Assessments this morning show that, as expected, the damage was superficial. Power is out in some areas and trees are down, but that fortified island can deal with

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