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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
346 PM AKDT Thu May 23 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A 1011 mb low near Point Hope will dissipate Fri
night. A strong low in the central Bering Sea will move to
Kuskokwim Bay on Fri then into the Gulf of Alaska on Sat. A
strong weather front will move south over the Chukchi Sea on Sat
and to the Yukon Delta by early Sun.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt becoming SE 15 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding.
Rain showers and snow showers.
.FRI...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Fog.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.
.SAT...NW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding. Rain showers and
snow showers.
.FRI...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog and freezing fog.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.
.SAT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...N winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.SAT...N winds 30 kt.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...N winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.SAT...N winds 30 kt.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

.TONIGHT...N winds 5 kt. Fog and freezing fog.
.FRI...N winds 10 kt. Fog and freezing fog.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt.
.SAT...N winds 15 kt.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Fog and freezing fog.
.FRI...N winds 5 kt. Fog and freezing fog.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 kt becoming N.
.FRI...NE winds 15 kt.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.
.SAT...N winds 25 kt.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft. Freezing fog and
fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog and fog. Vsby 1 NM
or less.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog and fog.
.SAT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog and fog. Vsby 1
NM or less.
.FRI...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog.
.SAT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding. Snow showers and
rain showers.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog and freezing fog.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog and freezing fog.
.SAT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or
less.
.FRI...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or
less.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.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.
.SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft. Fog.
.FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog and freezing fog.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog and freezing fog.
.SAT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas building to 4 ft. Freezing fog and
fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog and fog. Vsby 1 NM
or less.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog and fog.
.SAT...N winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog and fog.
.FRI...N winds 5 kt. Freezing fog.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt.
.SAT...N winds 15 kt.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog and fog. Vsby 1 NM or
less.
.FRI...N winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 30 kt.
.SAT...N winds 30 kt.

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