Higher-than-normal tides along western Alaska's coast through Tuesday

Tides are running higher than usual along western Alaska's coast through Tuesday, and Eastern Norton Sound faces the most exposure. There, water is expected to rise up to 3 feet above the normal high tide line with each tidal cycle — enough that anyone storing gear, boats, or belongings near the waterline should move them back.

The Yukon Delta and Nome Coast are looking at smaller rises of 1 to 2 feet. Weak south-to-southwesterly winds of 10 to 20 mph are pushing the water up, and the elevated tides will repeat with each high-tide cycle until the winds ease and turn northerly on Tuesday, ending the threat.

Significant impacts aren't expected, but moving belongings up the beach is a reasonable precaution.