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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
553 AM AKDT Thu May 2 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A weather front that lies from Norton Sound to St
Lawrence Is will remain stationary through Fri, then move south
the Yukon Delta on Sat. A second weather front north of Alaska
will move to Inuvik to the southern Chukchi Sea by 4am Sat. A
strong low over the Western Aleutians will move to the southeast
Bering Sea on Fri and over the Alaska Peninsula Sat.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain and snow.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Snow and rain.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.

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.
.FRI...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...

.TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy freezing
spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog and blowing
snow. Heavy freezing spray.
.FRI...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy freezing
spray.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog.
.FRI...N winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

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

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

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

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.
.FRI...NE winds 25 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy
freezing spray.
.FRI...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
Heavy freezing spray.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy
freezing spray.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

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

.TODAY...NE winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.FRI...NE winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

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

.TODAY...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.
.FRI...NE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

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

.TODAY...NE winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.FRI...NE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM
or less.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

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

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.FRI...N winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.

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