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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
147 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ299-101400-
147 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 973 MB LOW NEAR THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL BE 100 NM WEST OF THE
PRIBILOF ISLANDS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MAINLAND ALASKA THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT...THEN TO THE BERING STRAIT COAST AND SOUTHERN CHUKCHI
SEA BY FRI MORNING. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE WEST INTO SIBERIA ON
FRI.

$$

PKZ200-101400-
NORTON SOUND-
147 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY EVENING.
BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-101400-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
147 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY EVENING.
BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ215-101400-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
147 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-101400-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
147 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...E WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

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