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Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 07 August 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Wind southeast 15 knots becoming northwest 15 near noon Saturday then diminishing to light Saturday evening.
Periods of drizzle Saturday late in the day. Fog patches forming Saturday morning.
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Ice Conditions
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Issued 10:00 AM EDT 7 August 2026 Today Tonight and SaturdayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Baffin Island near 7105N 8932W to 7112N9033W to 7245N 9049W to 7319N 8909W to 7352N 8811W then northward.
Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Special ice warning in effect.4 tenths first-year ice including 1 tenth old ice except 7 tenths
old ice in the western section.
Unusual presence of first-year ice in the extreme southeastern
section today and continuing Saturday.
Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Special ice warning in effect
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Issued 10:00 AM EDT 07 August 2026Navigators 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 AM MDT 7 August 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday At 1200 UTC Friday weakening trough from 1008 mb low located offArctic Coast of Alaska.
By 0000 UTC Sunday dissipating trough from 1011 mb low located
from 71N 131W to 71N 127W.
Mackenzie - Mackenzie River Area
- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
- Banks
- Bathurst
- Bowie - northern half
- Byam
- Camsell Bend mile 290 to Tulita mile 512
- Coronation
- Dease
- Dixon Entrance East
- Dixon Entrance West - east of Langara
- Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara
- Dolphin
- Fort Good Hope mile 684 to Point Separation mile 913
- Great Slave Lake - basin
- Great Slave Lake - east arm
- Great Slave Lake - north arm
- Hecate Strait
- Lake Athabasca
- Larsen
- Mackenzie
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
- North Mackenzie
- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Rae
- Tuktoyaktuk - northern half
- Tuktoyaktuk - southern half
- Tulita mile 512 to Fort Good Hope mile 684
- Ulukhaktok
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
- Wrigley Harbour mile 0 to Axe Point mile 91
- Yukon Coast
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