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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
135 PM 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
through Saturday. A second weather front over the North Slope of
Alaska will move to Inuvik to the southern Chukchi Sea late
tonight, then merge with the first front over Norton Sound by
Saturday afternoon, then move south to the Yukon Delta Sunday
morning. A strong low in the Southern Bering Sea will move to the
southeast Bering Sea by Saturday morning and over the Alaska
Peninsula tomorrow night.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain and snow.
.SAT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain and snow.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Snow and rain.
.SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Snow and rain.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Snow.
.SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Rain and snow.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain and snow.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt.
.SAT...NE winds 30 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

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

.TONIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy
freezing spray.
.SAT...N 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.
.SUN...N winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing
spray.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

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

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt.
.SAT...NE winds 25 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.
.SUN...NE winds 15 kt.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

.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.
.SUN...NE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE winds 40 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.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing
spray.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.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.
.SUN...N winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Snow and rain.
.SAT...N winds 35 kt. Snow and rain.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT...N winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Snow and rain. Freezing spray.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt.
.SAT...N winds 35 kt. Snow and rain.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...N 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.
.SUN...N winds 35 kt. Blowing snow.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.
.SAT...NE winds 25 kt.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt.
.SUN...NE winds 15 kt.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

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