WWAK89 PABR 060432
SPSBRW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK
832 PM AKDT SAT SEP 5 2009
AKZ202-061000-
NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK
832 PM AKDT SAT SEP 5 2009
...MINOR BEACH EROSION INTO EARLY THIS MORNING...
A POTENT STORM IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN TO THE NORTH OF BARROW HAS
PRODUCED PERSISTANT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH A LARGE
STRETCH OF OPEN WATER HAS PRODUCED SOME LARGE WAVES THAT ARE CAUSING
SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION AROUND BARROW. THE LARGE WAVES AND MINOR
EROSION SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER THAT AS
THE STORM MOVES AWAY WAVE ACTION SHOULD SUBSIDE AND THE THREAT OF
EROSION SHOULD DIMINISH.
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HATTINGS SEP 09
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SXVD01 PANC 121757
PLSANC
CALLSIGN  POSITION     WIND    SEA SWELL   VESSEL NAME
KCB53     71.3N 156.8W NE  05  1   N    1  BARROW RESEARCH   12/18Z