Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
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FAGX20 KKCI 161030
OFAGX
SYNOPSIS VALID TIL 171100Z
FCST...161100Z-162300Z
OTLK...162300Z-171100Z
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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...WEAK HI PRES IN PLACE ACRS THE GLFMEX. A SFC TROF
IS LOCATED NR A 26N91W-19N91W LN. THERE IS ANOTHER SFC TROF OVR
THE WRN ATLC INTO CNTRL FL. THESE FEATURE COMBINED WITH A DVLPG
MID-LEVEL LOW OVR CNTRL AMER WILL BRING INCRG CNVTV ACT TO THE
NRN GLFMEX. ISOL TO WDLY SCT TSRA XPCD THRU THE PD ACRS MUCH OF
THE GLFMEX MIAMI AND HOUSTON OCEANIC FIRS. TSRA WILL INCR OVR THE
CSTL WTRS FM BTR TO AAF EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY
SPREAD INTO THE NRN TX AND ERN LA WTRS THRU MIDDAY. ISOL TO WDLY
SCT TSRA XPCD ACRS MUCH OF THE FA DURG THE OTLK PD. SELY WNDS
WILL ALSO BE EXPANDING ACRS THE FA LATER IN THE PD AND ESPECIALLY
DURG THE OTLK PD.
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02 SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX...
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CSTL WTRS...
BRO-GLS...SCT020 SCT050. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA WND.
GLS-BTR...SCT020 SCT050. BECMG 1418...SCT020 SCT050. OCNL BKN050
  TOP FL240. WDLY SCT SHRA. ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL380.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA WND.
BTR-AAF...SCT020 SCT050. OCNL BKN050 TOP FL240. WDLY SCT SHRA.
  ISOL TO WDLY SCT TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL420. OCNL VIS 3-5SM RA BR.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA.
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HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...
E 93W...SCT020 BKN040 BKN080 TOP FL320. OCNL BKN020. WDLY SCT
  SHRA. ISOL TO WDLY SCT TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL420. OCNL VIS 3-5SM
  RA BR. WND SE 20-25KT. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA WND...OCNL MVFR
  CIG.
W 93W...SCT020 SCT050. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA WND...OCNL
  MVFR CIG.
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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...150-160.
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04 TURB...
CSTL WTRS...SEE AIRMETS TANGO WAUS42 KKCI AND WAUS44 KKCI.
HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...NO SGFNT TURB EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT.
GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...NO SGFNT TURB EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT.
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