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Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Juneau AK
436 AM AKST Wed Mar 1 2023


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Cross Sound-Southern Chatham Strait-Sumner Strait-
Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe-
Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather-Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape-
Icy Cape to Cape Suckling-Yakutat Bay-
Gulf of Alaska North of 55 Degrees North and East of 144 Degrees
West-
436 AM AKST Wed Mar 1 2023

A very powerful winter storm will move east-northeast from near
Kodiak Island to the far northern Gulf by midday Wednesday. Pre- 
frontal storm force winds of 50 to 55 kts tonight will blow 
parallel to the outer coast from Cape Fairweather north, with 40 
kt winds extending down to the Dixon Entrance. A wind shift to the
southwest will occur mid day Wednesday with most of the eastern 
Gulf experiencing 40 to 50 kts through Wednesday evening. These 
on-shore winds will generate seas of 30 ft or possibly even higher
and a southwest swell. Areas most vulnerable to these conditions 
will be Yakutat Bay, Cross Sound, Sitka Sound, and the ocean 
entrances of southern Chatham Strait and western Sumner Strait. 
Peak conditions will, however, coincide with low tide, so coastal 
storm surge flooding is considered unlikely at this time. 

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