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SEA ICE ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND ARCTIC ALASKAN COASTAL WATERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
319 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 2013

FORECAST VALID...MONDAY JUNE 24 2013

ANALYSIS CONFIDENCE...HIGH.

SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT
SEAS THROUGH MONDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN BERING
SEA WILL DISSIPATE LATE THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST OF
ALASKA WILL SHIFT OVER EASTERN SIBERIA FRIDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER INTERIOR ALASKA AND THE ALASKAN WEST COAST
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE OVER THE
WESTERN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS FRIDAY AND TRACK EAST ALONG THE ISLAND CHAIN
INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL BERING SEA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.


-ARCTIC OCEAN-
-BEAUFORT SEA-
-CHUKCHI SEA-
PKZ245-FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
PKZ240-CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
PKZ235-POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
PKZ230-CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
PKZ225-CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
PKZ220-WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
PKZ215-KOTZEBUE SOUND-

ICE COVERED.

-BERING SEA-
PKZ210-DALL POINT TO WALES-
PKZ200-NORTON SOUND-
PKZ185-ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS
PKZ180-SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT-

THE ICE EDGE LIES FROM NEAR THE YUKON DELTA TO 62.3N 166.1W TO 62.2N
169.5W TO 63.1N 171.3W TO 63.2N 175.3W TO 63.9N 175.0W TO 64.0N
172.3W TO 64.9N 176.8W AND CONTINUES TO THE WEST ALONG THE COAST OF
EASTERN SIBERIA. THE ICE EDGE IS OPEN WATER.

FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY...SEASONAL ICE MELT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY. SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL TURN NORTHERLY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
NORTHERLY FLOW WILL SPREAD OUT REMAINING SEA ICE INTO SEASONALLY
WARMER SURFACE WATERS MELTING THE REMAINING ICE SOUTH OF SAINT
LAWRENCE ISLAND THIS WEEKEND. NORTON SOUND SHOULD BE MAINLY OPEN
WATER BY SUNDAY. AS NORTHERLY FLOW RETURNS SATURDAY NIGHT EXPECT ICE
TO BE EXPORTED TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT INTO THE
NORTHERN BERING SEA. THE MAIN ICE EDGE SHOULD APPROACH 64N BY MONDAY.


BLEGATT 2013

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