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Navtex Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
447 AM AKDT Sat Oct 19 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A strong 956 mb low will move over the Chukotsk
Peninsula towards Wrangel Island, pushing a strong front across
the Bering and Chukchi Seas. This 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...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN...S winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 9 ft. Rain showers.

Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 40 kt. Seas 9 ft. Rain showers.

Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...S winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers.

Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft. Rain showers and
snow showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...S winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers.

Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...S winds 35 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain showers.

Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 20 kt becoming W. Seas 5 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain showers.

Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain showers.

Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN...S winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers.

Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM-

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow showers and rain showers.
Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers.

Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers and snow
showers. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 45 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain showers.

South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...W winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 35 kt. Seas 16 ft.

North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 30 kt. Seas 14 ft.

Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 15 ft. Rain showers.

Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM-

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 9 ft. Rain.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 40 kt. Seas 18 ft.

Norton Sound greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...S winds 35 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain showers.

Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 20 kt. Seas building to 5 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 9 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 40 kt. Seas 13 ft. Rain showers.

Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.
.SUN...S winds 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 35 kt. Seas 12 ft.

Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM-

.TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers and snow
showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers.

Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM-

.TODAY...S winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain showers and snow showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 45 kt. Seas 14 ft.

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