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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
432 AM AKDT Sat Jun 1 2024

...Please refer to the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed coastline
forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure will persist over the western Chukchi
sea while low pressure deepens over Interior Alaska. This will
tighten the pressure gradient through the Bering Strait to bring
Gale force winds through the Bering Strait through at least
Sunday night.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt becoming N 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...N winds 35 kt increasing to 40 kt. Seas 6 ft building to
8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.SUN...N winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.TODAY...N winds 35 kt.
.TONIGHT...N winds 35 kt.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 15 kt.
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 kt.
.SUN...NW winds 20 kt.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 kt.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 10 kt.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt.
.SUN...W winds 15 kt.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 20 kt.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...N winds 30 kt.
.SUN...N winds 25 kt.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.SUN...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...N winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 10 kt.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt.
.SUN...W winds 20 kt.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...N winds 35 kt.
.TONIGHT...N winds 35 kt.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 kt.

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