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Marine Weather and Tides Kaktovik, AK Version 3.4

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Sunrise 5:51AM

Sunset 9:56PM

Sunday August 19, 2018 6:08 AM AKDT (14:08 UTC)

Moonrise 6:55PM

Moonset 9:00PM

Illumination 56%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Kaktovik, AK

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Fxak69 pafg 191350 afdafg northern alaska forecast discussion national weather service fairbanks ak 550 am akdt Sun aug 19 2018 Discussion A northward moving front will bring rain to the west coast and western interior today. Strong downslope winds are expected to develop late today in the alaska range continuing into tonight. These issues will be the main forecast that we will have to deal with today. The 00z models initialized fairly well compared to the analysis and are in good agreement with the overall synoptic pattern out through Tuesday. Aloft, at 500 mb, a ridge currently extends along a yakutat to gambell axis. The west side of this ridge will be pushed northward today by a shortwave. This will set up southerly flow over the interior by tonight, continuing into Monday. By Monday morning the axis of the ridge will extend from yakutat to point lay. The ridge will be pushed east into the yukon territory as a 552 dam low moves from the gulf of alaska into the southeastern interior. This low will move east into the yukon territory for Wednesday. A 550 dam low will dive south over the arctic ocean Tuesday and will be near utqiagvik early Wednesday morning. A 539 dam low will push west into the central bering sea on Wednesday reaching the west coast of alaska on Thursday. Central and eastern interior: the main weather issue in the short term for the interior will be winds in the alaska range today into Monday. Winds will ramp up as a front associated with a low in the north pacific passes over the alaska range this evening. Winds will peak early Monday morning with gusts up to 50 mph before decreasing during the daytime on Monday. A wind advisory was issued for zones 223 and 226 by the day shift on Saturday in anticipation of the strong winds. As the aforementioned front moves north it will bring increased cloud cover. Precipitation should be limited outside of the alaska range due to downsloping; however. A warming trend will continue in temperatures into Monday for most of the interior. A low will move into the southeastern interior on Tuesday bringing cooler temperatures and rainfall. The low will also provide enough forcing for a few thunderstorms in the southeastern interior Tuesday afternoon. A

somewhat showery pattern looks to continue for the interior Wednesday into next weekend. West coast and western interior: a weather front will spread rain north across the area today before reaching the western brooks range tonight. Rainfall amounts with this system will be in the quarter to half inch range for most areas. The bulk of the rainfall will end by midnight for most areas. There will still be scattered showers through Tuesday. A weak ridge looks to limit showers for Wednesday; however, a wetter pattern returns for Thursday (although the models differ on the exact details of this right now). North slope and brooks range: some gusty downslope winds are currently being observed early this morning. Current expectation is for the winds to die down fairly quickly this morning. A northward moving front will spread rain showers into the brooks range tonight across the north slope tomorrow. A ridge of high pressure will build south across the beaufort sea coast tonight likely bringing some issues with fog and lower ceilings to areas along the coast east of utqiagvik into the middle of the week. Coastal hazard potential days 3 and 4... None. Fire weather A warming trend is expected to continue today and Monday for much of the central and eastern interior. Strong gap winds are expected for alaska range passes today into early Monday. A weather front will spread wetting rainfall over the west coast and western interior today. An area of low pressure will bring wetting rainfall and cooler temperatures to the central and eastern interior on Tuesday, along with a few isolated thunderstorms. Hydrology Recent rainfall has caused rises in rivers draining the north side of the brooks range (such as the kuparuk, sagavanirktok and colville). Rivers are expected to run high into the middle of the week; however, no flooding is anticipated at this point. Afg watches warnings advisories Wind advisory for akz223-akz226. Small craft advisory for pkz220. Aug 18

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Barter Island, Barter Island LRRS Airport, AK	127 mi	76 min	W 9	0.25 mi	Fog	44°F	44°F	100%	1014.5 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Flaxman Island, Alaska

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