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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1119 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 2012
THIS IS A RETRANSMISSION FROM THE ANCHORAGE ICE DESK. 

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...SEA ICE NEARING THE BARROW COAST...
THE COLD FRONT CROSSING THE BERING SEA SUNDAY NIGHT WEAKENED AS IT
APPROACHED THE NORTHWEST ALASKA COAST. WINDS WERE LIGHTER THAN
EXPECTED AND THE ICE MOVEMENT SLOWER. WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE IN
THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. 
AT THIS TIME THE SEA ICE IS WITHIN SIGHT OF BARROW. HIGH 
CONCENTRATIONS OF ICE WILL REACH THE COAST AT BARROW TODAY.  
ICE WILL EXTEND DOWN THE COAST TO WAINWRIGHT MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY
MORNING. THE ICY CAPE AREA WILL LIKELY NOT SEE ICE WITH THIS SYSTEM. 
MOST OF THE ICE MOVING TO THE COAST WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 28 INCHES
THICK. THERE WILL BE PATCHES OF FIRST YEAR ICE OVER 3 FEET THICK AND 
SOME MULTI-YEAR ICE. 
FURTHER STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS EVENT WILL BE COVERED IN THE REGULAR
SEA ICE ADVISORY. 
THIS IS THE FINAL STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT.  
KCOLE 2012 
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