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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
255 AM AKDT Fri Oct 18 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A trough of low pressure stretching from Cape
Lisburne to Wrangel Island will move to Point Barrow by Sun
morning. A strong 955 mb low over the Chukotsk Peninsula Sat will
move to Wrangel Island at 963 mb Mon morning as the powerful
front shifts into the Beaufort Sea.T his will bring strong
southwesterly winds through much of the Bering Sea starting
Sunday morning. There will also be higher wave action associated
with these strong winds.

Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 15 kt. Seas building to 3 ft. Fog.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.
.SAT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 15 kt. Seas building to 3 ft. Fog.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog. Rain showers.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog. Rain showers.
.SAT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 10 kt. Seas building to 2 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers and snow
showers.
.SAT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog. Rain showers.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog. Rain showers.
.SAT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fog.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Fog.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow showers.
.SAT...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow showers and rain showers.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers.
Freezing spray.
.SAT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers.
Freezing spray.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers.
Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers.
Freezing spray.
.SAT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers.
Freezing spray.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 15 kt. Seas building to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain showers.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Fog, rain.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SAT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SAT...W winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow showers. Freezing
spray.
.SAT...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow showers and rain showers.
Freezing spray.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog. Snow showers.
.TONIGHT...S winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SAT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.

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