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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1148 AM AKDT FRI JUL 18 2014

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CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
1148 AM AKDT FRI JUL 18 2014
...SEA ICE MAY BE BLOWN ONSHORE FROM POINT FRANKLIN TO BARROW...
ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST FROM BARROW TO ICY CAPE...WEST WINDS OF
20 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY FROM 10 TO 15 KNOTS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
THE WEST WINDS COULD BLOW SEA ICE ONSHORE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING. THE THICKNESS OF THE SEA ICE OFFSHORE IS ESTIMATED TO BE
MAINLY AROUND 3 FEET OR LESS...BUT THE ICE COULD BE AS MUCH AS 4
TO 5 FEET THICK IN SOME AREAS. SINCE THE ICE IS BEGINNING TO
ROT...THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SEVERE EVENT.
THE PUSH OF ICE ONSHORE COULD IMPACT BOATS OPERATING IN OPEN
WATER AREAS NEAR SHORE WITH ICE SURROUNDING OR POTENTIALLY
CRUSHING BOATS. ALSO BOATS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE SHORELINE COULD BE DAMAGED BY ICE. ICE MOVING ONSHORE
COULD CAUSE SOME EROSION OF THE SHORELINE.
THE THREAT OF ICE MOVING ONSHORE IS EXPECTED TO END BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SOMEWHAT LOWER WIND SPEEDS HAVE
CONTINUED OVER THE AREA FOR AWHILE.
PRECAUTIONS...PEOPLE OPERATING BOATS IN OPEN WATER AREAS FROM
NORTH OF POINT FRANKLIN TO BARROW SHOULD RETURN TO SHORE AND PULL
THEIR BOATS WELL UP ON TO THE BEACH. BOATS AND OTHER PERSONAL
PROPERTY STORED ALONG IMMEDIATE SHORELINE AREAS SHOULD BE MOVED
FARTHER FROM THE SHORE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE DAMAGE BY SEA ICE BEING
BLOWN ONSHORE. THE DURATION OF THE THREAT OF SEA ICE BEING BLOWN
ONSHORE WILL BE THE LONGEST IN AREAS NEAR BARROW.
RF
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