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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
551 AM AKDT Fri May 3 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 over Norton Sound will persist into
Sat. A second weather front over the North Slope of Alaska will
move to Inuvik to the southern Chukchi Sea by 4am Sat, then merge
with the first front over Norton Sound by 4pm Sat, then move
south to the Yukon Delta by 4am Sun. A strong low in the Southern
Bering Sea will move to the southeast Bering Sea tonight and over
the Alaska Peninsula Sat night.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain and snow.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain and snow.
.SAT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Snow.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Rain and snow.
.SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Snow and rain.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

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

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt.
.SAT...N winds 30 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

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

.TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy
freezing spray.
.SAT...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing
spray.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy
freezing spray.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT...N winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 15 kt.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

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

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...

.TODAY...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray.
.SAT...N winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing
spray.
.SAT NIGHT...N 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 SATURDAY MORNING...

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

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Snow and rain.
.SAT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

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

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

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Snow.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt.
.SAT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

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

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

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT...N winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.

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