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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
637 AM AKDT Fri Apr 12 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A 982 mb low near Kotzebue will move inland this
afternoon. A weather front stretching south from this low will
move inland this afternoon. A 1006 mb low will develop in the
Chukchi Sea by 4am Sat and then move east across the North Slope
of Alaska Sat and Sun.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...SW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...SW winds 15 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 kt.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 kt.
.SAT...SW winds 15 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 kt.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 kt.
.SAT...SW winds 15 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...S winds 25 kt.
.SAT...NW winds 20 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 kt.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...NW winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...S winds 20 kt.
.SAT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...NW winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Snow showers. Vsby 1 NM or
less.
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...W winds 15 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Snow showers. Vsby 1 NM or
less.
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...SW winds 15 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Blowing snow.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 30 kt decreasing to 25 kt. Blowing snow. Snow.
Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 kt.
.SAT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 10 kt.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 20 kt.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...SW winds 15 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 kt.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 kt.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 kt.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NW winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Snow showers. Vsby 1 NM or
less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...W winds 15 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...NW winds 35 kt decreasing to 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1
NM or less.
.TONIGHT...S winds 15 kt.
.SAT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt.

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