Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
765 FAGX20 KKCI 251830 OFAGX SYNOPSIS VALID TIL 261900Z FCST...251900Z-260700Z OTLK...260700Z-261900Z . 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 TC HELENE... AT THE 25/15Z NHC ADVY TC HELENE IS A CAT 1 HURCN CNTRD NR 21.6N 86.3W MOVG NNW AT 9KT WI MAX SUSTND WNDS OF 70G85KT. HELENE WILL CONT TO MOV N TWRD THE ERN PRTN OF THE HOUSTON FIR AND ALL OF THE GLFMEX MIAMI FIR. CONDS WILL CONT TO WORSEN FOR THE CSTL WTRS FRM GPT-AAF AND THE FIRS MNTD ABV. WNDS WILL RNG FRM FRESH BREEZES CLSR TO THE CSTL WTRS TO HURCN FRCE WNDS NR THE CNTR OF THE TC. CIGS AND VIS WILL LWR AND OCNL LIFR CONDS CAN BE EXPCD. ELSW A CLD FNT IS MOV SE TWRD THE SRN GULF STATES AND WILL BRNG SHWRS AND TSTMS TO MJRTY OF THE REST OF THE CSTL WTR AREAS. W OF 89W WILL RMN MSTLY DRY. . 02 SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX... . CSTL WTRS... BRO-LFT...SCT025 SCT060. OCNL BKN040. TOP 150. ISOL TO WDLY SCT SHRA/ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS FL430. OTLK...VFR SHRA. LFT-GPT...SCT020 SCT050. OCNL BKN050. TOP 120. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS FL430. OTLK...VFR SHRA. GPT-AAF...SCT015 SCT045. OCNL BKN040. TOP 080. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS FL430. BECMG 0406 SCT010 SCT-BKN030. TOP 080. VIS 3-5SM RA BR. WDLY SCT TO SCT SHRA/WDLY SCT TSRA. CB TOPS FL450. WND E 20G30KT. OTLK...IFR CIG...OCNL LIFR VIS...SHRA TSRA WND. . HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR... ...SEE LATEST NHC ADVISORY FOR TC HELENE... E 89W...SCT025 BKN035 OVC080. TOP 100. VIS 3-5SM RA BR. SCT TO NMRS SHRA/WDLY SCT TO SCT TSRA. CB TOPS FL450. WND VRB 20-70G30-85KT. OTLK...IFR CIG/VIS...OCNL LIFR VIS...SHRA TSRA WND. W 89W...SCT025 SCT050. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA. . 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 NE TO 170 SW. . 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. ....