National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

• Home
• Site Map
• News
• Organization
• Search for: NWS All NOAA 

000
FZAK52 PAFG 242221
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
221 PM AKDT FRI MAY 24 2013

NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ299-251230-
221 PM AKDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF ANADYR WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES NORTH AND EAST FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST
COAST WILL RECEDE NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A 990 MB LOW
WILL MOVE NORTH OUT OF THE NORTH PACIFIC TO ABOUT 75 NM S OF ST
GEORGE ISLAND SUN MORNING.

$$

PKZ200-251230-
NORTON SOUND-
221 PM AKDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT N WINDS 10 KT EAST OF CAPE
DARBY THIS EVENING. FOG.
.SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT.
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT.
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT.
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT.
.TUE...N WINDS 15 KT.
.WED...N WINDS 15 KT.

$$

PKZ210-251230-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
221 PM AKDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 25 KT NEAR THE BERING
STRAIT THIS EVENING. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT SUBSIDING. FOG.
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FOG.
.SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FOG.
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT.
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT.
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT.
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT.
.WED...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT.

$$

PKZ215-251230-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
221 PM AKDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT.
.SAT....VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT.
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT.
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT.
.MON...NW WINDS 10 KT.
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT.
.TUE...N WINDS 15 KT.
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT.

$$

PKZ220-251230-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
221 PM AKDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG.
.SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. FOG.
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT.
.MON...N WINDS 10 KT.
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT.
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT.
.WED...N WINDS 20 KT.

$$

CCC/DJH MAY 13