Banks
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 PM MDT 05 September 2026
Tonight and Sunday.
Wind light tonight and Sunday.
Scattered flurries ending Sunday morning. Fog patches forming late overnight and dissipating Sunday evening.
Low tonight minus 3. High Sunday plus 2.
Waves
Issued 07:00 PM MDT 05 September 2026
Tonight and Sunday.
Over open water seas 1 metre or less.
Extended Forecast
Issued 07:00 PM MDT 05 September 2026
Monday
Wind light becoming east 10 to 15 knots late in
the day.
Tuesday
Wind east 10 to 15 knots veering to southeast
20.
Wednesday
Wind southeast 15 knots diminishing to
light.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 5 September 2026 Today Tonight and Sunday 2 tenths old ice.
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 5 September 2026 Today Tonight and SundayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Nunavut near 6917N 11907W to 6958N11837W to Banks Island near 7105N 12252W. Sea ice southwest of the
ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Banks Island near 7214N 11951W to
Victoria Island near 7205N 11840W. Sea ice north of the ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from Victoria Island near 6950N 10052W to
7004N 9913W to Prince of Wales Island near 7121N 9913W. Sea ice
northwest of the ice edge.
Fourth ice edge estimated from Prince of Wales Island near 7315N
9750W to 7318N 9624W to Somerset Island near 7344N 9539W. Sea ice
north of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
2 tenths old ice.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 6:30 AM MDT 6 September 2026 Today Tonight and Monday At 1200 UTC Sunday ridge located from 69N 120W to 74N 160W.By 0000 UTC Tuesday ridge from 1020 mb high located from 74N 128W
to 74N 160W.
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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