Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
357 FAGX20 KKCI 241830 OFAGX SYNOPSIS VALID TIL 251900Z FCST...241900Z-250700Z OTLK...250700Z-251900Z . INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS BRANCH AVIATION WEATHER CENTER KANSAS CITY MISSOURI . 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. . ALL WNDS SFC. TS IMPLY SEV OR GTR TURB SEV ICE LLWS AND IFR CONDS. . 01 SYNOPSIS... ...SEE LATEST NHC ADVISORY FOR HELENE... AT 18Z A WK HI PRESS CONT ACRS THE NERN GLFMEX. HI WL REMAIN NEARLY STNRY AND PRODUCE FAIR CONDITIONS THRUT THE CNTRL AND ERN CSTL WTRS AND GLFMEX THRU THE FCST PD. FM BRO-PSX CSTL WTRS AND THE SWRN HOUSTON FIR WILL HAVE ISOL SHRA/TSRA ASSOCD WITH A WEAK LO AND TROF. STRENGTHENING TROPICAL STORM HELENE WAS LCTD NR 19.4N/84.5W IS FCST TO MOV N INTO FAR SE PTNS OF THE HOUSTON AND SRN MIAMI FIRS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVRNITE. HELENE IS FCST TO BE A HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT CROSSES INTO THE SE HOUSTON FIR WITH A CHANCE OF FURTHER STRENGTHENING TO MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS BY THURSDAY MORNING IN FAR ERN HOUSTON FIR AND MIAMI FIR WITH RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDS. CONT TO MONITOR THE LATEST NHC ADVISORIES. . 02 SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX... . CSTL WTRS... ...SEE LATEST NHC ADVISORY FOR HELENE... BRO-PSX...SCT020 SCT040-050 SCT100. OCNL BKN040 TOP 140. ISOL TO WDLY SCT SHRA. ISOL TSRA TIL 02Z. CB TOPS FL420. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA AFT 11Z. PSX-GPT...SKC-SCT020. OTLK...VFR. GPT-AAF...SCT025. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS FL420. OTLK...VFR...BECMG MVFR CIG S TO N AFT 12Z. SHRA TSRA. . HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR... ...SEE LATEST NHC ADVISORY FOR HELENE... E 91W...SCT020. OCNL BKN020 TOP ABV FL240 AFT 03Z. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. WDLY SCT SHRA/TSRA AFT 03Z. OCNL WND E 20KT. OTLK...MVFR CIG SHRA TSRA WND...ISOL IFR CIG RA S 25N. W 91W...SCT020. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS FL400. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA. . 03 ICE AND FRZLVL... CSTL WTRS...SEE AIRMETS ZULU WAUS42 KKCI AND WAUS44 KKCI. HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...NO SGFNT ICE EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT. FRZLVL...160-170. . 04 TURB... CSTL WTRS...SEE AIRMETS TANGO WAUS42 KKCI AND WAUS44 KKCI. HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...NO SGFNT TURB EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT. ....