Anticosti - western half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM AST 20 January 2026
Tonight and Wednesday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind westerly 45 knots veering to northwest 35 late overnight then diminishing to west 25 Wednesday afternoon. Wind diminishing to west 15 Wednesday evening.
Flurries. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.
Freezing spray warning in effect.
Over open water freezing spray ending Wednesday evening.
Temperatures minus 5 falling to minus 11 overnight.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
Waves
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Ice Forecast
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Weather Conditions
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 20 January 2026 Today Tonight and WednesdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from New Brunswick near 4532N 6507W to NovaScotia near 4500N 6510W. Sea ice east of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4435N 6327W to 4432N
6251W to 4539N 5917W to 4704N 6000W to 4825N 6224W to 5039N 5807W to
4759N 5937W to Newfoundland near 4738N 5919W. Sea ice northwest then
east of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water except 5 tenths new ice along parts of the coasts and in
the southwestern section. Consolidated grey-white ice in a few
sheltered bays.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 1:30 PM EST 20 January 2026Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 21 Jan estimated from Newfoundland near4952N 5545W to 5015N 5200W to 5115N 4815W to 5245N 4815W to 5945N
5730W to 6145N 5155W to 5930N 4750W then northeastward.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Anticosti - western half
Issued 8:00 PM AST 20 January 2026'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Freezing spray warning in effect
Anticosti - western half
Issued 8:00 PM AST 20 January 2026Moderate or severe freezing spray is occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM AST 20 January 2026 Tonight and Wednesday At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight intensifying low 988 mb located overLabrador.
By 3:00 a.m. AST Wednesday quasi-stationary low 981 mb located
off Labrador Coast.
At 3:00 a.m. AST Wednesday approaching ridge located southwest of
the Marine District.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:52 PM AST 20 January 2026 A low pressure system over Labrador will intensify as it movesnortheast to lie off of the Labrador coast late tonight then remain
generally stationary Wednesday. Gale to near storm force westerly
winds are expected over northern and eastern waters between this low
and an approaching ridge to the west.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
eastern shore - eastern half, Sable - eastern half, Fourchu,
Banquereau, Laurentian Fan, Cabot Strait, and all Gulf of St.
Lawrence waters.
Marine interests are advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Fundy, Grand Manan, southwestern shore, eastern shore,
Fourchu, Banquereau - northwestern half, Cabot Strait, and all Gulf
of St. Lawrence waters.
St. Lawrence - St. Lawrence River Area
- Anticosti - eastern half
- Anticosti - western half
- Beauport to L'Isle-aux-Coudres
- Browns Bank
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Cornwall to Montréal
- Donnacona to Beauport
- Fundy
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen - western half
- Kingston to Cornwall
- Lake Memphrémagog - northern half
- Lake Nipissing
- Lake Saint-Jean
- Lurcher
- L'Isle-aux-Coudres to Tadoussac
- Montréal to Trois-Rivières
- Northumberland Strait - western half
- Pointe à Michel to Pointe-des-Monts
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - northern half
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - southern half
- Richelieu River and Northern Lake Champlain
- Saguenay to Tadoussac
- Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
- Trois-Rivières to Donnacona
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