Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
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FAGX20 KKCI 171030
OFAGX
SYNOPSIS VALID TIL 181100Z
FCST...171100Z-172300Z
OTLK...172300Z-181100Z
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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...UNSETTLED WX WILL CONT FOR THE NRN GLFMEX THRU THE
FCST PD. SFC LOW PRES IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NR THE SRN LA COAST. A
WRMFNT XTNDS E FM THE LOW INTO THE CSTL WTRS FM AROUND LEV TO
27N83W. A CDFNT TRAILS BHND THE LOW THRU THE TX CSTL WTRS TO
AROUND CRP. AN AREA OF ORGANIZED TSRA ACT WILL IMPACT THE CSTL
WTRS FM GPT TO AAF IN THE FIRST FEW HRS OF THE FCST PD. THE SFC
LOW WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NEWD AND PUSH FURTHER INLAND TODAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN THE WRMFNT MOVG INLAND AS WELL WITH THE CDFNT
PUSHING FURTHER INTO THE WTRS. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF ISOL TSRA WILL
POP UP NR THE FNTL BNDRYS AT TIMES THRU THE FCST PD. XPC
PREDOMINANTLY MVFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST OVR THE CSTL WTRS AND
NRN PTNS OF THE OCEANIC FIRS.
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02 SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX...
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CSTL WTRS...
BRO-LFT...SCT007 BKN015 BKN025 TOP 060. OCNL BKN007. WDLY SCT
  SHRA. ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL440. OCNL VIS 3-5SM RA BR.
  OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA...OCNL MVFR CIG BR.
LFT-GPT...SCT015 BKN025 TOP 060. OCNL BKN CI ABV. ISOL SHRA. OCNL
  WND SSW 20KT. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA...OCNL MVFR CIG BR.
GPT-AAF...SCT025 BKN050 BKN080 TOP FL250. OCNL BKN025. SCT
  SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS ABV FL450. OCNL VIS 1-3SM RA BR. OCNL WND S
  20KT. BECMG 1114...SCT015 BKN025 TOP 060. OCNL BKN CI ABV. ISOL
  SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA TSRA...OCNL MVFR CIG BR.

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HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...
N OF 24N93W-26N84W LN...SCT007 BKN015 BKN050 TOP 080. OCNL
  BKN007. ISOL SHRA. OCNL VIS 3-5SM HZ. OTLK...MVFR CIG SHRA
  TSRA.
RMNDR...SCT020 SCT050. OTLK...VFR.
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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 N TO 170 S.
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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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