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Synopsis: Low pressure lingers over the Bering Sea through Monday, when it begins to move towards the Gulf of Alaska. Tuesday we will see high pressure begin to build in the area with a chance for low pressure to move across the ridge Wednesday night. However, the overall pattern will be influenced by the high pressure that builds into the area Tuesday.
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The only ice remaining...
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Synopsis: Low pressure will persist over the western Bering Sea through Friday until high pressure builds in from the south on Saturday. High pressure will persist until Tuesday when a strong low pressure system is forecast to move into the southern Bering Sea. This feature will slowly move north and weaken through Saturday.
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The only ice remaining around the island is between...
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Synopsis: High pressure develops over Norton Sound Friday (June 14th), moving west to be centered over St. Lawrence Island Saturday (June 15th) and then slowly moves west into the western Bering Sea Sunday (June 16th) into Monday (June 17th). High pressure persists over the western Bering Sea through Thursday (June 20th).
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Ice-free conditions stretch from just west of Savoonga...
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Synopsis: A trough of low pressure along the west coast of Alaska will move west over the Dateline on Friday and then weaken. High pressure over the Chukotsk Peninsula of Russia will weaken on Friday then strengthen again over the weekend and persist into next week. A series of weather fronts will move from the Gulf of Alaska west over the southeast Bering Sea Friday through Monday. A low moving over the Seward Peninsula next Tuesday will weaken along the...
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Synopsis: A low pressure trough over the Seward Peninsula and Kotzebue Sound will persist into this weekend then weaken. High pressure over the Chukotsk Peninsula and Chukchi Sea will move west this weekend. A cold front well north of the Arctic Coast of Alaska will move south over the Chukchi Sea on Saturday and south over Norton Sound and the northern Bering Sea on Sunday, then push south over the southern Bering Sea on Monday. The cold front will push...
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Synopsis: A low pressure system will move from the central Bering Sea toward Nunivak Island on Friday, then into the Gulf of Alaska on Saturday. Generally northerly low will remain until high pressure settles in by the middle of next week.
Near St. Lawrence Island
Open water extends from the south of the island up to 90 miles (144 km) but the closest ice is 22 miles (35 km) south of Kialegak Point...
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Synopsis: A low in the central Bering Sea Friday will move southeast to the Alaska Peninsula through Saturday. Low pressure will remain in place over the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Sunday, while a low moves east across the Bering Sea Monday through Thursday. A weather front will move onshore the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Wednesday morning and move north across St. Lawrence Island and the Seward Peninsula Thursday.
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Synopsis: A low pressure trough along the West Coast of Alaska will persist into this weekend. A strong low in the southern Bering Sea will move east to the Alaska Peninsula by Friday, May 10, then into the Gulf of Alaska Saturday, May 11. High pressure will build over the Bering Sea on Sunday, May 12 and persist into Monday night. Another low will move east across the Bering Sea Monday night, May 13 through Wednesday, May 15, and move over the West Coast of...
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Synopsis: A low will move east across the southern Bering Sea through Thursday, then a second low will move south from the Bering Strait Region through the central Bering Sea toward the Aleutian Islands on Monday.
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On Thursday, 2 May, a polynya south of the island extended up to 50 miles (80 km) from the coast, with little-to-no new ice formation within the polynya. There is...
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Synopsis: Weak low pressure lingers in the southern Bering Sea through Friday. High pressure builds over the Bering Strait region through the weekend and into Monday. A large low pressure and front moves into the Bering Sea mid and late week, sending a front over the region.
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On Thursday, 25 April, easterly winds opened a polynya between Savoonga and Kangee Camp. The polynya...
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Synopsis: Weak low pressure lingers in the southern Bering Sea through Saturday. A stronger system develops in the southern Bering Sea on Sunday and Monday, along with a stronger front. Both will linger through Wednesday.
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On Thursday, 18 April, the polynya between Gamble and Savoonga had closed. Shorefast ice remains intact from Iwoorigan Camp up to 4 miles (6.4 km) to Kangee...
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Synopsis Low pressure will move east across the central Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea through Thursday, then high pressure builds over the North Pacific and Bering Sea through Monday.
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On Thursday, April 11th, a polynya extended approximately 5 miles (8 km) off the north side of the island from near Gambell to Lietnik. Aside from this polynya, surrounding the island is very close...
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Synopsis A western Bering Sea low continues to weaken as it moves north to the Bering Strait on Thursday. A strong low will move into the southwest Bering Sea on Friday and then to the eastern Bering Sea on Saturday and Sunday. High pressure enters the Bering Sea on Monday.
Near St. Lawrence Island
On Thursday, 4 April, a polynya extended approximately 7 miles (11 km) off the north side of the island...
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Synopsis The storm track remains in the eastern Bering Sea through the middle of next week when it shifts to the central Bering Sea, swinging a front over the area.
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On Thursday, March 28th, a polynya extended off the west side of the island south of Gambell 5 to 10 nm. Beyond the polynya from the northwest of Gambell to the southeast of Gambell there is close to very close pack...
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Synopsis: Two low pressure systems develop Friday and through the weekend. One in the southern Bering Sea and the second in the Chukchi Sea. Expect those lows to linger before weakening on Monday.
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This area is ice-free and the forecast period has ended for this season.
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This area is ice-free and the forecast period has...
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Synopsis: High pressure over the High Arctic, until a low pressure develops Sunday. A weak low moves near the NW coast of Alaska on Friday. High pressure builds across the Bering Sea through the week and remains through Tuesday.
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The coast of St. Lawrence Island is approaching ice free as a big floe that was previous shorefast ice, breaks away off the coast near Tomname Lagoon...
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Synopsis: A broad region of low pressure will remain in the south and central Bering Sea through the weekend. High pressure will build over the northern Chukchi Sea and high Arctic. These two features will bring easterly and northerly winds over the ice pack and ice edge.
Near St. Lawrence Island
The remaining sea ice around St. Lawrence Island is from east of Camp Iveetok and around the east side of...
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Synopsis: Generally weak high pressure builds over the area on Friday. A large low pressure enters the Bering Sea on Friday and remains there through the middle of next week.
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Ice-free conditions extend from 30 miles (48 km) east of Savoonga to 120 miles (193 km) north of Savoonga and around the Island to Kialegak Point. Marginal ice zone extends 25 miles (40 km) from the...
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Synopsis: A low strengthens in the southwestern Bering Sea and moves north towards the ice edge on Thursday. This area of low pressure will linger and weaken, southeast of St. Lawrence Island, through Saturday then weaken and move inland for the weekend. Low pressure moves into the western high Arctic on Sunday.
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Open water has continued to expand outward from the island’s...
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Synopsis High pressure remains over the Bering Sea through the forecast period.
Near St. Lawrence Island
Open water has continued to expand outward from the island’s northwestern, western, and southern coastlines. Open water reaches outward to 60 miles (95 km) north of Gambell to 60 miles (95 km) southwest of Gambell to 155 miles (250 km) from the south coast of the island. Pack ice is 125 miles (200...
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Synopsis High pressure over the Bering Strait persists through Friday night before a low from the southwest approaches the west coast. It will bring increased southwest-south winds and primarily rain through the weekend and possibly another round of rain through early next week.
Near St. Lawrence Island
Open water has greatly expanded since last week, stretching from 40 miles (64 km) northeast of...
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Synopsis – Strong high pressure over the Bering Strait will move over the western Bering Sea on Saturday. A cold front moving southwest across interior Alaska will move along the west coast of Alaska on Saturday, and move west of St. Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait on Saturday night and Sunday.
Near St. Lawrence Island
Clouds have made viewing of the area tough the last couple of days. However...
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Synopsis - High pressure will persist over the Chukchi and Beaufort seas while several low-pressure systems traverse into the Gulf of Alaska, leaving weak low pressure in the eastern Bering Sea. A stronger low and front move into the eastern Bering Sea late in the weekend.
Near St. Lawrence Island
Shorefast ice remains along the northern side of the island. Shorefast extends out up to 10 miles (16 km)...
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Synopsis Strong high pressure over the Bering Strait will move over the western Bering Sea on Saturday. A cold front moving southwest across interior Alaska will move along the west coast of Alaska on Saturday, and move west of St. Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait on Saturday night and Sunday.
Near St. Lawrence Island
Between Gambell and Eewak Point, compacted ice has become shorefast up to 10 miles...
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Synopsis A low over the southern Bering Sea will move into the Gulf of Alaska Thursday. High pressure will build over the Bering Sea Friday through Monday.
Near St. Lawrence Island
Shorefast ice remains intact 2 to 12 miles (3 to 19 km) offshore east of Savoonga as well as along the south and east coasts. The farthest extent of the shorefast ice is between Siknik Training Camp and Camp Kulowiye. A...
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