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FAGX20 KKCI 071030
OFAGX
SYNOPSIS VALID TIL 081100Z
FCST...071100Z-072300Z
OTLK...072300Z-081100Z
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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...
...SEE NHC FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON TC RAFAEL...
AS OF 07/09Z TC RAFAEL WAS LOCATED NR 24.2N 84.6W AND MOVG NW AT
10KT WITH MAX SUSTAINED WNDS 90KT WITH GUSTS 110KT. BY 07/18Z TC
RAFAEL WL BE LOCATED NR 24.4N 85.9W WITH MAX SUSTAINED WNDS 85KT
WITH GUSTS 105KT. BY 08/06Z TC RAFAEL WL BE LOCATED NR 24.5N
87.7W WITH MAX SUSTAINED WNDS 85KT WITH GUSTS 105KT. HURRICANE
FORCE WNDS XTND 25NM FM CNTR WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WNDS BTWN
25NM AND 120NM FM CNTR. TC RAFAEL WL TRACK A WLY PATH ALG THE SRN
BORDERS OF THE GLFMEX HOUSTON...MIAMI FIRS AND THE NRN BORDERS OF
THE HABANA...MERIDA FIRS OVR THE NXT SEVERAL DAYS WHILE GRADUALLY
WKNG. WHILE A TROF AHD OF TC RAFAEL IN THE ERN GLFMEX HOUSTON FIR
WL CONT TO PRODUCE ISOL-WDLY SCT CNVTN THRUT FCST PD. THE LA-TX
INTERIOR HAS A STNRY FNT FM AEK-SAT WL REMAIN THRU 08/00Z. FM LCH
TO E OF BRO IS A SECOND SFC TROF AND THESE FEATURES WL BE ASSOCD
WITH ISOL CNVTN THRUT FCST PD.
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02 SIGNIFICANT CLD/WX...
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CSTL WTRS...
BRO-LCH...SCT004 BKN012 OVC020. OCNL BKN004 TOP S030. OCNL VIS
  3-5SM BR. ISOL SHRA. BECMG 1516 SCT020. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR
  SHRA BECMG MVFR CIG BR AFT 08Z.
LCH-GPT...SCT020. OCNL VIS 3-5SM BR. ISOL SHRA. BECMG 1516
  SCT020. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA BECMG MVFR CIG BR AFT 08Z.
GPT-AAF...SCT004 BKN012 OVC025. OCNL BKN004 LYRD TOPS TO FL280.
  OCNL VIS 3-5SM RA BR. WDLY SCT SHRA/ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS TO
  FL380. OTLK...MVFR CIG SHRA TSRA VIS RA WND S 29N.
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HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR...GLFMEX MIAMI OCEANIC FIR...
W 92W...SCT020. ISOL SHRA. OTLK...VFR SHRA.
BTWN 92W AND 87W...SCT020 OCNL BKN030 TOP 150.
  ISOL TO WDLY SCT SHRA. ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL350.
  OTLK...VFR OCNL MVFR CIG SHRA TSRA VIS RA WND.
E 87W...
 BTWN 120 TO 50NM OF TC CNTR...BKN025 TOP ABV FL240.
  SCT SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS ABV FL450. VIS 3-5SM RA.
  WND VRB 35-50G60KT. OTLK...MVFR CIG VIS SHRA TSRA WND.
 BTWN 50NM TO 25NM OF TC CNTR...OVC012. TOP ABV FL240. SCT TO
  NMRS SHRA/TSRA. CB TOPS ABV FL450. VIS 1-3SM RA. OCNL VIS
  1/4-1/2SM RA. WND VRB 45-70G80KT. OTLK...IFR CIG VIS SHRA TSRA
  WND.
 WI 25NM OF TC CNTR...OVC005 TOPS ABV FL240. NMRS SHRA/TSRA.
  CB TOPS ABV FL450. VIS 1/4-1/2SM RA. WND VRB 65-90G110KT.
  OTLK...IFR OCNL LIFR CIG VIS SHRA TSRA WND.
 ELSW...SCT025 SCT050. OCNL BKN050 LYRD TOPS ABV FL240. WDLY SCT
  SHRA/ISOL TSRA. CB TOPS TO FL420. OCNL VIS 3-5SM RA.
  WND INCRG THRU PD FM ENE 25-35G45KT AFT 19Z E OF 89W.
  OTLK...VFR OCNL MVFR CIG VIS SHRA TSRA WND.
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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...155 NW TO 170 SE.
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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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