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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
531 AM AKDT Tue Apr 30 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A 1018 mb low near Kotzebue will move to near Koyuk
by 4pm Tue then weaken. A weather front stretching from the low
to St Matthew Island will move to Koyuk to St Matthew Is by 4pm
Tue, then remain stationary through Wed, before moving north over
the Seward Peninsula on Thu. A strong low west of Shemya will
move to the southeast Bering Sea by Wed then weaken. A second
strong low will move over the Western Aleutians on Thu and to the
Southeast Bering Sea on Fri.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding. Freezing fog.
Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog.
.WED...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing fog.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding. Freezing fog.
Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing
spray.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog and freezing fog.
Freezing spray.
.WED...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.
.WED...NE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM
or less.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

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

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 10 kt becoming N. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or
less.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.
.WED...NE winds 15 kt.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 kt.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

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

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft. Freezing fog.
Heavy freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy
freezing spray.
.WED...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy freezing
spray.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy
freezing spray.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...N winds 15 kt becoming NE 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow.
.WED...NE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM
or less.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby
1 NM or less.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow.
.WED...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

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

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.
.WED...NE winds 20 kt.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

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

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