Banks
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 PM MDT 16 July 2025
Tonight and Thursday.
Wind light becoming northwest 15 knots Thursday afternoon.
Periods of drizzle ending Thursday morning. Fog forming this evening and dissipating Thursday afternoon.
Temperatures near zero.
Waves
Issued 07:00 PM MDT 16 July 2025
Tonight and Thursday.
Outside the ice edge seas 1 metre or less.
Extended Forecast
Issued 07:00 PM MDT 16 July 2025
Friday
Wind light.
Saturday
Wind north 15 knots.
Sunday
Wind north 15 knots diminishing to
light.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 July 2025 Today Tonight and Thursday Special ice warning in effect.
6 tenths old ice except 9 plus tenths old ice in the western
section.
Unusual presence of old ice in the southeastern section today and
continuing Thursday.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 July 2025 Today Tonight and ThursdayIce Edge
Ice edge is outside the forecast region.Ice Coverage
Special ice warning in effect.6 tenths old ice except 9 plus tenths old ice in the western
section.
Unusual presence of old ice in the southeastern section today and
continuing Thursday.
Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Special ice warning in effect
Banks
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 July 2025Navigators in this marine area should be on the lookout for hazardous ice conditions and take necessary safety precautions. Please refer to the latest ice forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 6:30 PM MDT 16 July 2025 Tonight and Thursday At 0000 UTC Thursday ridge located from 73N 158W to 69N 120W.By 0000 UTC Friday ridge from 1026 mb high located from 76N 167W
to 69N 123W.
At 0000 UTC Thursday weakening trough from low located from 78N
124W to 70N 111W.
Arctic - Western Arctic Area
- Admiralty
- Alert
- Amundsen
- Axel Heiberg
- Baillie
- Ballantyne
- Banks
- Barrow
- Bartlett
- Bathurst
- Boothia
- Borden
- Brock
- Byam
- Camsell Bend mile 290 to Tulita mile 512
- Clarence - northern half
- Clarence - southern half
- Committee
- Coronation
- CT4
- CU4
- CV4
- CV5
- CW3
- CW4
- CW5
- CX4
- Dease
- Dolphin
- East Baffin - northern half
- Ellef Ringnes
- Ellesmere
- Eureka - northern half
- Eureka - southern half
- Fitzwilliam
- Fort Good Hope mile 684 to Point Separation mile 913
- Greely
- Griper
- Gustaf
- Hassel
- Hazen
- Igloolik
- Jones - eastern half
- Jones - western half
- Kane - northern half
- Kane - southern half
- Lancaster - eastern half
- Lancaster - western half
- Larsen
- Liddon
- Mackenzie
- Maclean
- Massey
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
- Nansen
- Navy Board
- Northwest Beaufort
- North Mackenzie
- North Prince Patrick
- North Sverdrup
- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Norwegian
- Peary
- Peel
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Pond
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Prince Patrick
- Queens
- Rae
- Regent
- Robeson - northern half
- Robeson - southern half
- Roes Welcome
- South Axel Heiberg
- South Ellef Ringnes
- South Prince Patrick
- South Sverdrup
- St. Roch
- Tuktoyaktuk - northern half
- Tuktoyaktuk - southern half
- Tulita mile 512 to Fort Good Hope mile 684
- Ulukhaktok
- Ward Hunt
- West Baffin - northern half
- West Baffin - southern half
- West Foxe
- West Prince Alfred
- Wilkins
- Yukon Coast
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