Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
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FAGX20 KKCI 151830
OFAGX
SYNOPSIS VALID TIL 161900Z
FCST...151900Z-160700Z
OTLK...160700Z-161900Z
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INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS BRANCH
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
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CSTL WATERS FROM COASTLINE OUT TO HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR AND GLFMEX
MIAMI OCEANIC FIR AND W OF 85W. HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR AND MIAMI
OCEANIC FIR.
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ALL WNDS SFC. TS IMPLY SEV OR GTR TURB SEV ICE LLWS AND IFR
CONDS.
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01 SYNOPSIS...A STNRY FNT XTNDS FM LOW PRES OVR THE WRN ATLC THRU
CNTRL FL THEN CONT FM NR KTPA TO KMOB TO KBPT AND THEN NW INTO
TX. ISOL TSRA ACT ASSOC WITH THIS FEATURE XPCD OVR THE CSTL WTRS
MAINLY FOR AREAS FM BTR EWD. SOME ISOL TSRA DRIFTING EWD FM CNVTN
OVR CNTRL MEXICO AND FAR SRN TX MAY REACH THE S TX CSTL WTRS AT
TIMES. THE REMAINS OF A SFC TROF OVR THE CNTRL GLFMEX WILL ALLOW
ISOL TO WDLY SCT TSRA TO CONT OVR THE FAR SRN PTNS OF THE OCEANIC
HOUSTON AND GLFMEX MIAMI FIRS. SFC HI PRES CNTRD NR 27N88W WILL
MOVE SLOLY EWD THRU THE PD. MOD TURB HAS BEEN RPTD E OF ABT 88W
THIS MORNING ASSOCD WITH ANTICYCLONIC SHEAR WITHIN CI BLOWOFF
FROM TS. MOD TURB WILL CONT TO BE POSS AT TIMES E OF 88W BTWN
FL420 AND FL300 OUTSIDE OF CNVTV ACT.
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02 SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX...
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CSTL WTRS...
BRO-GLS...SCT020 BKN050 TOP FL200. WDLY SCT SHRA. ISOL TSRA.
  CB TOPS TO FL440. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA.
GLS-BTR...SCT020. OCNL BKN030 TOP TO FL180.
  ISOL SHRA/TSRA NR COAST. CB TOPS FL420.
  OTLK...VFR ISOL SHRA/TSRA.
BTR-AAF...
N OF 29N...SCT025 SCT050. LYRS OCNL BKN TOP 150 CI ABV.
  WDLY SCT SHRA. ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL400.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA.
S OF 29N...SCT020 SCT050. OCNL BKN CI ABV. ISOL SHRA.
    OTLK...VFR SHRA.
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HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...
NR AND S OF 25N...SCT020 OCNL BKN025 TOP 120 CI ABV.
  ISOL TO WDLY SCT SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS FL420.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA.
RMNDR...SCT020 OCNL BKN CI ABV. ISOL SHRA.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA...ISOL TSRA.
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03 ICE AND FRZLVL...
CSTL WTRS...SEE AIRMETS ZULU WAUS42 KKCI AND WAUS44 KKCI.
HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...NO SGFNT ICE EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT.
GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...NO SGFNT ICE EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT.
FRZLVL...160 - 170.
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04 TURB...
CSTL WTRS...SEE AIRMETS TANGO WAUS42 KKCI AND WAUS44 KKCI.
HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...E 89W MOD TURB BTWN FL420 AND FL300 DUE TO
ANTICYCLONIC SHEAR WITHIN CI.
GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...MOD TURB BTWN FL420 AND FL300 DUE TO
ANTICYCLONIC SHEAR WITHIN CI.
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