Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
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FACA20 KKCI 180930
OFAMKC
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS BRANCH
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
VALID 181000-182200
OUTLOOK...182200-191000
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ATLANTIC S OF 32N W OF 57W...CARIBBEAN...GULF OF MEXICO BTN 22N
AND 24N.
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ALL WNDS SFC. TS IMPLY SEV OR GTR TURB SEV ICE LLWS AND IFR
CONDS. SFC TO 400MB.
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SYNOPSIS...
A COUPLE OF QSTNRY FNTS STRETCH ACRS BOTH CORNERS OF THE ATLC NY
FIR FCST AREA AT 09Z...BTN 32N74W-30N77W AND BTN 32N65W-23N57W.
ALSO A PRE-FNTL SFC TROF BTN 30N71W-24N76W. MOST CNVTV COVERAGE
IS ALG AND AHD OF THE FNT AND ALG/NR THE SFC TROF IN THE NW
CORNER. SFC TROF ALSO XTNDS ACRS THE PIARCO FIR NR 13N57W-12N65W
WITH SOME WDLY SCT CNVTV ACT ASSOCD WI THE TROF. ANOTHER SFC TROF
XTNDS FM THE WRN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PEN TO 23N87W OVR MERIDA
FIR WITH MAINLY ISOL CNVTN. A TRPCL WV XTNDS ALG 79W FM 20N SWD
MOVG W AT 5-10KT...MOST OF THE CNVTV ACT CURRENTLY ASSOC WITH THE
WV IS OVER NRN PTNS NR JAMAICA AND N. ELSW HI PRES CNTRD NR
26N68W WI LTL CNVTN FM THE HI SWD INTO THE CNTRL CARIB. SOME
FRESH WNDS POSS IN THE S-CNTRL CARIB FCST AREA.
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SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX...
ERN MONTERREY FIR
SCT025 SCT050. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA.
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NRN MERIDA FIR
E 93W...SCT020 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOPS LYRD ABV FL240. WDLY SCT
  SHRA. ISOL TSRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA.
W 93W...SCT025 SCT050. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA.
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ATLC SWRN NEW YORK FIR...ATLC MIAMI FIR
N 22N75W-28N67W-23N57W LN...SCT015 BKN040 TOPS ABV FL240. OCNL
  BKN015. OCNL VIS 3-5SM RA BR. SCT SHRA. WDLY SCT TSRA.
  OTLK...VFR OCNL MVFR CIG SHRA TSRA.
RMNDR...SCT025 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOP TO 110. ISOL SHRA. ISOL
  TSRA S 22N. OTLK...VFR SHRA.
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SAN JUAN FIR
SCT020 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOP TO 140. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. OTLK...VFR
  SHRA.
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WRN PIARCO FIR...NRN MAIQUETIA FIR
BTN 12N-15N...SCT015 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOP ABV FL240. WDLY SCT
  SHRA/TSRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA.
RMNDR...SCT020 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOP TO 110. ISOL SHRA/TSRA.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA.
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CURACAO FIR...NRN BARRANQUILLA FIR
SCT020 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOP TO 110. ISOL SHRA/TSRA. S 15N WND
  E OCNL 20KT. OTLK...VFR SHRA.
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SANTO DOMINGO FIR...PORT-AU-PRINCE FIR
HISPANIOLA...SCT015 SCT040. ISOL SHRA. BECMG 1820 SCT020 BKN040
  TOP LYRD ABV FL240. WDLY SCT SHRA. ISOL TSRA. OTLK...VFR
  SHRA...TSRA TIL 02Z.
WTRS...SCT020 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOP TO 150. ISOL SHRA/TSRA.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA.
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NRN PANAMA FIR...KINGSTON FIR...NERN CNTRL AMER FIR
SCT015 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOP ABV FL240. ISOL-WDLY SCT SHRA.
  ISOL TSRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA.
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HABANA FIR
CUBA...SCT015 SCT040. ISOL SHRA. TIL 13Z OCNL 1-3SM BR. BECMG
  1820 SCT020 BKN040 TOP LYRD ABV FL240. WDLY SCT SHRA/TSRA.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA...TSRA TIL 03Z. MVFR BR AFT 07Z.
WTRS BTN 75W-84W...SCT020 SCT040. OCNL LYRS BKN TOPS ABV FL240.
  SCT SHRA. WDLY SCT TSRA. OTLK...VFR OCNL MVFR CIG SHRA
  TSRA.
RMNDR WTRS...SCT020 SCT040. OCNL BKN040 TOPS LYRD ABV FL240. ISOL
  SHRA/TSRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA.
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ICE AND FRZLVL...
NO SGFNT ICE EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT.
FRZLVL...
  W ATLC...145-155 N TO 160-170 S.
  CARIB...160-175.
  GLFMEX...160-175.
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TURB...
NO SGFNT TURB EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT.
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