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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
330 PM AKST WED FEB 25 2010

PKZ179-412-413-414-270000-
...CRITICAL SEA ICE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE BERING
SEA...
A PAIR OF WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL
INFLUENCE THE ICE EDGE THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. THESE STORMS WILL BRING
STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IN AREAS ADJACENT TO
THE ICE EDGE. 
BETWEEN 165W TO 169W...CONTINUED NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE ICE IS FIGHTING STRONG TIDES THE
COLD AIR WILL ASSIST IN THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE ICE EDGE. 
EXPECT THE ICE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 6 NM EVERY 12 HOURS LATE
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE TOTAL ICE MOVEMENT IN THIS AREA WILL BE 20
TO 25 NM TO THE SOUTH. THE ICE EDGE WILL CONSIST OF STRIPS OF ICE IN
CONCENTRATIONS UP TO 4 TENTHS AND WILL EXTEND SOUTH TO 56N BY SUNDAY
NIGHT. THE SECOND SYSTEM DUE IN THIS AREA MONDAY NIGHT MAY REPEAT THE
SAME PATTERN AND MOVE THE ICE EDGE TO NEAR 55.75N WEDNESDAY. 
BETWEEN 169W TO 174W...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BRING MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURE BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND
TURN MORE EASTERLY SATURDAY. ICE MOVEMENT WILL BE HINDERED BY
CURRENTS ALONG THE BERING SHELF. THE ICE EDGE WILL MOVE 3 TO 5 NM
EVERY 12 HOURS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE TOTAL ICE MOVEMENT WILL
BE TO THE SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NM.  THIS WILL BRING
STRIPS OF ICE IN CONCENTRATIONS UP TO 5 TENTHS TO WITHIN 5 TO 10 NM
OF THE BERING SHELF SATURDAY. THE SECOND LOW IS FORECAST TO BRING
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MONDAY NIGHT.  SEA ICE COULD EXTEND UP TO 20
NM BEYOND THE BERING SELF BY WEDNESDAY. 
MARINERS IN THE BERING SEA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING SEA ICE
CONDITIONS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
THE FORECAST MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND LOW MAY CHANGE WITH LATER WEATHER
MODEL OUTPUT. THESE CHANGES WILL BE INDICATED IN MARINE WEATHER
PRODUCTS. 
THIS SITUATION CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY AND NEW STATEMENTS
WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.
KCOLE FEB 2010
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