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Marine Weather and Tides Kaktovik, AK Version 3.4

What's New / NOTES 10/6/2018 Colors of tide XTide graphs changed to emphasize that they were upgraded. See next note. Comments welcome. 10/4/2018 I have fixed XTide and updated the harmonic files. There were some name changes so you might have to click EDIT to find the new station name.

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Sunrise 9:30AM

Sunset 3:41PM

Friday November 16, 2018 1:25 PM AKST (22:25 UTC)

Moonrise 4:02PM

Moonset 12:00AM

Illumination 64%

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 161344 afdafg northern alaska forecast discussion national weather service fairbanks ak 444 am akst Fri nov 16 2018 Discussion Synopsis... Quiet weather in the central and eastern interior. Winds increasing on the arctic coast with low stratus ceilings along the coast, and patchy fog. Snow on the west coast as a low pressure system in the bering sea continues to spin moisture north. Models... No change in what we have been seeing for quite some time now, the run to run continuity in the solutions has been good in the short term, and there is very good agreement. Solutions continue to struggle beyond 48 hours, and there is significant divergence beyond 96 hours. Surface solutions are no better, though the divergence does not appear to be as significant. 16 00z solutions initialize well against the 16 06z surface analysis with only minor discrepancies in strength and location of the major features. Will use an equal blend for the short term with a lean to the NAM for winds. Will need to make some local adjustments to the winds that the models do not account for. Aloft... At 500 dam... Fast northwest to southeast flow continues over the arctic, while ridging lies from a 575 dam high off the oregon coast over yakutat to point barrow then west over wrangel island this morning. Fast zonal flow continue north of 75n as the ridge slides east to lie from 574 dam high off the washington coast over whitehorse yt to deadhorse then west of wrangel island by Saturday morning. Troughing over the bering sea with a 524 dam low just south of the gulf of anadyr extends southeast to a 541 dam low over chignik and a 547 dam low over 45n 150w this morning. The trough will weaken as it pushes east working over the ridge to lie from 521 dam low near the gulf of anadyr over nome to anchorage then southeast over the gulf of alaska. A 521 dam low southwest of the attu this morning will move into the central bering sea tonight, and absorb the low near the gulf of anadyr, while a 525 dam low develops south of the aleutians and moves to 200 nm southwest of nikolski by Saturday morning. A shortwave will develop southwest of mainland alaska and lie from a 522 dam low over the pribilofs to sand point and southeast by Saturday morning, moving to lie from the low now just southwest of nunivak island over bethel to mcgrath to yakutat as it pushes its way over the ridge. At 850 dam... Temperatures 0c to -10c over most of the forecast areas this morning with a pocket of temperatures slightly above 0c over the lower yukon delta. Temperatures will be relatively steady over most of the forecast area with the exception of the middle and lower yukon delta where they will remain just above 0c, and that area of slightly above 0c temperatures will expand north over the seward peninsula. Surface... A ridge of high pressure over the northeast half of

mainland alaska with a 1030 mb high over the central beaufort sea, a 1030 mb high just east of old crow yt, and a 1042 mb high just northeast of watson lake yt. Broad area of low pressure over the bering sea is pushing inland over the southwest mainland and north over the chukchi sea. A 1001 mb low 200 nm west of st matthew island will merge with a 990 mb low moving east across the southern bering sea and a trough of low pressure will persist through the bering strait and chukchi sea. The 990 mb low will move northeast tonight from the pribilof islands to nunivak island, then stall near CAPE romanzof through Sunday. A 1020 mb high will persist over chukotka. Low pressure will continue to push over the state as the high pressure is pushed east. Arctic coast and brooks range... Winds snapping around from the northeast and east at 10 to 25 mph along the coast. Inland winds will also swing around but at 5 to 15 mph. Stratus along the southern flank of the high pressure is moving over the coastal areas and will bring some flurries or light snow to the coast and plains today. The brooks range will start out partly cloudy with increasing high clouds by afternoon. Blowing snow and fog reducing visibility in the coastal areas today, with visibility reduced to less than one mile at times. Temperatures cooling. West coast and western interior... Increasing clouds if it has not already clouded up with snow or snow showers for most areas. There is a chance of freezing rain in the lower yukon delta today and tonight. 2 to 3 inches of new snow can be expected by Saturday morning in most areas with some heavier amounts in the nulato hills, and bendeleben mountains on the seward peninsula. Winds generally northeast to east at 5 to 20 mph. Central and eastern interior... Increasing clouds today. Temperatures will be warming the next couple days with a chinook developing Sunday with winds gusting near 50 mph south of delta junction. Chance of freezing rain south and east of delta junction Sunday night into Monday. The front will reform to the north of fairbanks with snow north to the yukon river as the front stalls over the area. Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches expected with the heaviest snowfall in the white and ray mountains. Extended forecast for days 4 to 7... Broad area of low pressure will be over the state with no significant precipitation being indicated by the current model solutions. Coastal hazard potential days 3 and 4... None. Afg watches warnings advisories Heavy freezing spray warning for pkz200-pkz215-pkz220-pkz225- pkz230. Small craft advisory for pkz200-pkz210-pkz215-pkz220-pkz225- pkz230. Brisk wind advisory for pkz235-pkz240-pkz245. Sdb nov 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	34 min	E 9	0.50 mi	Light Snow Freezing Fog	0°F	-2°F	87%	1025.1 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Flaxman Island, Alaska

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