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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
504 AM AKDT Thu Apr 18 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A 1018 mb low near the Bering Strait will deepen to
1010 mph by 4pm Thu and then move to 100 NM west of Point Hope as
a 1010 mb low by 4am Fri. A weather front stretching from
Kotzebue to the Bering Strait low then to the Yukon Delta will
remain in place through 4PM Thu, then move to Point Hope to the
Yukon Delta by 4am Fri.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1
NM or less.
.FRI...NE winds 25 kt. Snow.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM
or less.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.FRI...N winds 20 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 15 kt.
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Rain and snow.
.FRI...E winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.FRI...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Fog, snow.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Rain and snow.
.FRI...E winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 15 kt becoming S. Freezing fog. Snow.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt.
.FRI...N winds 10 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Snow.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt.
.FRI...N winds 5 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt.
.FRI...SE winds 10 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 kt.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Fog.
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt.
.FRI...E winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 kt.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Snow.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Snow and rain.
.FRI...NW winds 10 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 kt.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 15 kt.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt.
.FRI...N winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt.
.FRI...N winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 kt.
.FRI...N winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt.
.FRI...NW winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. Rain.
.FRI...E winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. Freezing fog.
.FRI...N winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 20 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt.
.FRI...N winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt.
.FRI...SE winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 kt.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Snow.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...S winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt.

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