Funk Island Bank
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM NDT 19 March 2024
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind southwest 25 knots diminishing to southwest 15 to 20 this afternoon and to light this evening. Wind increasing to southwest 25 Wednesday morning then veering to west 15 to 20 Wednesday evening.
Showers or flurries beginning near noon becoming flurries overnight and ending Wednesday morning.
Temperatures near zero.
Waves
Issued 06:00 AM NDT 19 March 2024
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 3 to 4 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 near noon then building to
3 to 4 Wednesday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:00 AM NDT 19 March 2024
Thursday
Wind southwest 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
variable 10 to 15 in the morning then increasing to southeast 25 to 35 in the
afternoon.
Friday
Wind south 25 to 35 knots.
Saturday
Wind southwest 25 knots increasing to west 25
to 35.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 19 March 2024 Today Tonight and Wednesday Bergy water except 1 tenth first-year ice in the northwestern
section.
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Funk Island Bank
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 19 March 2024 Today Tonight and WednesdayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Newfoundland near 4837N 5300W to 5030N 4945Wto 5500N 5145W to 5700N 5700W to 5959N 5830W to 6200N 5545W then
northeastward. Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Bergy water except 1 tenth first-year ice in the northwestern
section.
Ice Forecasts
Southeast Labrador Sea
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 19 March 2024 Today Tonight and WednesdayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Newfoundland near 4837N 5300W to 5030N 4945Wto 5500N 5145W to 5700N 5700W to 5959N 5830W to 6200N 5545W then
northeastward. Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Forecasts available to mariners upon request.
Iceberg Bulletin
Funk Island Bank
Issued 2:58 PM EDT 18 March 2024Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Mar estimated from Newfoundland near4702N 5258W to 4800N 4815W to 5215N 4820W to 5620N 5225W to 5815N
5645W to 5755N 5150W to 5505N 4935W then eastwards.
Western iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Mar estimated from Quebec near
5122N 5833W to Newfoundland near 5032N 5714W.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs except 10 to 25 icebergs northwest of theiceberg limit.
Iceberg Bulletin
Southeast Labrador Sea
Issued 2:58 PM EDT 18 March 2024Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Mar estimated from Newfoundland near4702N 5258W to 4800N 4815W to 5215N 4820W to 5620N 5225W to 5815N
5645W to 5755N 5150W to 5505N 4935W then eastwards.
Western iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Mar estimated from Quebec near
5122N 5833W to Newfoundland near 5032N 5714W.
Iceberg Count
Forecasts available to mariners upon request.Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:00 AM NDT 19 March 2024 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 10:00 a.m. NDT today trough located from the Gulf of St. Lawrenceto Belle Isle Bank.
By 10:00 a.m. NDT Wednesday trough located on a line
northeast-southwest over Funk Island Bank.
At 10:00 a.m. NDT today low 997 mb located over southeastern
Laurentian Fan.
By 3:00 a.m. NDT Wednesday departing low 987 mb located northeast
of the Grand Banks.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:49 AM NDT 19 March 2024 A low pressure system over Southeastern Laurentian Fan will tracknortheastward across the Grand Banks today. Strong to gale force
southwesterlies will spread across southernmost waters today south of
the low. Winds will diminish overnight as the low departs.
Marine interests are advised that a gale warning is in effect for
Southeastern Grand Banks.
Atlantic - Newfoundland Area
- Anticosti - northeastern half
- Anticosti - southwestern half
- Banquereau
- Belle Isle Bank - northwestern half
- Belle Isle Bank - southeastern half
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou - eastern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - western half
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast
- Fourchu
- Funk Island Bank
- Gulf - Magdalen
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Lake Melville
- Laurentian Fan
- Mid Labrador Coast
- Northeast Coast - Cape St. John and south
- Northeast Coast - north of Cape St. John
- Northeast Gulf
- Northern Grand Banks
- Northumberland Strait
- Sable
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- South Labrador Coast
- South Labrador Sea
- Strait of Belle Isle
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