Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
651 FAGX20 KKCI 161030 OFAGX SYNOPSIS VALID TIL 171100Z FCST...161100Z-162300Z OTLK...162300Z-171100Z . 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...A FRONTAL BNDRY STRETCHING ACRS THE WRN ATLC PASSES THRU CNTRL FL AND THEN THRU THE CNTRL GLFMEX AS A WRMFNT NR A KTPA-26N90W-KCRP LN. THE FNT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NWD THRU THE FCST PD. A SFC TROF IS LOCATED TO THE S OF THE FNT THRU THE STRAITS OF FL TO NR 25N85W. AN AREA OF CNVTV ACT INVOF THE TROF WILL CONT TO IMPACT THE GLFMEX MIAMI FIR AND ERN PTNS OF THE HOUSTON FIR EARLY IN THE PD. THERE IS ANOTHER SFC TROF OVR THE GULF COAST FM SRN LA THRU THE FL PANHANDLE. ISOL TSRA COULD DVLP INVOF OF THIS FEATURE AS WELL. MVFR CIGS ARE XPCD INVOF AND TO THE N OF THE WRMFNT...IMPACTING NRN PTNS OF THE OCEANIC FIRS AND EVENTUALLY MOST OF THE TX AND LA CSTL WTRS. GSTY SLY WNDS TO IMPACT MAINLY THE TX CSTL WTRS AND WRN PTNS OF THE HOUSTON FIR EARLY...BUT WNDS WILL INCR AND IMPACT MOST OF THE FCST AREA BY THE OTLK PD. . 02 SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX... . CSTL WTRS... BRO-PSX...BKN020 BKN040 TOP 060. OCNL BKN CI ABV. ISOL SHRA. WND SSE 20KT. OTLK...MVFR CIG SHRA WND. PSX-BTR...SCT CI. BECMG 1619...BKN020 BKN040 TOP 060. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL360. OTLK...MVFR CIG SHRA TSRA WND. BTR-AAF...SCT020. OCNL SCT-BKN CI ABV. OTLK...VFR SHRA WND. . HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR... NRN HALF...BKN015 BKN060 TOP FL250. WDLY SCT SHRA. ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL440. W OF 93W...WND SSE 20KT. OTLK...MVFR CIG SHRA WND. RMNDR... E OF 93W...SCT020 BKN050 TOP FL220. OCNL BKN020. ISOL SHRA. BECMG 1418...SCT020. OTLK...VFR WND. W OF 93W...BKN015 BKN040 TOP 060. ISOL SHRA. WND SSE 20KT. OTLK...MVFR CIG SHRA WND. . 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. ....