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Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM AST 16 January 2026

Tonight and Saturday.

Wind west 25 to 30 knots diminishing to light after midnight then increasing to southwest 10 to 15 Saturday morning. Wind increasing to southwest 25 late Saturday afternoon.

Flurries ending after midnight. Showers and fog patches Saturday evening.

Waves

Issued 05:00 PM AST 16 January 2026
Tonight and Saturday. Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 early Saturday morning.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM AST 16 January 2026
Sunday Wind southwest 20 knots.
Monday Wind east 25 to 35 knots becoming west 25 to 35.
Tuesday Wind west 25 to 30 knots.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 16 January 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday Ice free. 

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Map of St. Lawrence - St. Lawrence River marine weather areas Cap-Chat Mont-Joli Airport Bathurst Airport Île Bicquette Charlo Port Menier Miramichi Pointe-au-Père Fundy Park (Alma) New Carlisle Grand Manan Bas Caraquet CFB Bagotville Jonquière Mistook Normandin Roberval Airport Deschambault Beauport North Bay Airport Trois-Rivières Airport Lake Nipissing - 45152 Kouchibouguac Baie-Comeau Airport Île d'Orléans Saint-Anicet Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Cap-Rouge Lac Memphrémagog Montréal Metropolitain Airport Montréal-Trudeau Int'l Airport Île Rouge Lac Saint-Pierre L'Isle-aux-Grues L'Assomption Pointe de l'Islet Pointe Claveau Sept-Îles Airport Pointe-des-Monts North Cape Pointe-Noire Yarmouth Airport Cap-d'Espoir Brier Island Rivière-la-Madeleine St. Stephen Gaspé Airport Saint John Airport Point Lepreau Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc Int'l Airport Miscou Island Kouchibouguac La Pocatière
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Ice Conditions

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EST 16 January 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from New Brunswick near 4532N 6507W to Nova
Scotia 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

Ice free.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 16 January 2026

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 17 Jan estimated from Newfoundland near
5000N 5532W to 5045N 5245W to 5215N 4945W to 5315N 4945W to 5945N
5730W to 6145N 5155W to 5900N 4735W then northeastward.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs.
Warnings

No watches or warnings in effect.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 8:00 PM AST 16 January 2026 Tonight and Saturday At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight departing trough located on a line
north-south over the Grand Banks.

At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight ridge located over New England.
By 8:00 p.m. AST Saturday ridge located on a line
northwest-southeast over the central Marine District.

At 3:30 p.m. AST Sunday low 1016 mb located over New England.
By 8:00 p.m. AST Sunday low 1013 mb located near Grand Manan.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:56 PM AST 16 January 2026 A trough over the Grand Banks will move farther away tonight. A ridge
will approach tonight and move across the district on Saturday.
Gale to storm force westerlies will diminish tonight and Saturday
morning.

Marine interests are advised that storm warnings are in effect for
eastern shore, Sable, East Scotian Slope - northwestern half,
Fourchu, Banquereau, and Laurentian Fan. Gale warnings are in effect
for all remaining maritime waters.

Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Northumberland Strait, Gulf-Magdalen, Chaleur-Miscou, and
Anticosti.

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