Gulf - Magdalen
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 03:00 AM AST 02 February 2023
Today Tonight and Friday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind westerly 15 knots backing to southwest 20 this morning then increasing to south 30 after midnight. Wind increasing to west 40 Friday morning.
Flurries. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.
Freezing spray warning in effect.
Moderate freezing spray beginning near noon and ending near midnight. Severe freezing spray beginning near noon Friday.
Temperatures minus 7 rising to minus 2 near midnight then falling to minus 26 Friday evening.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 1 February 2023 Today Tonight and ThursdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4542N 6218W to PrinceEdward Island near 4559N 6231W. Sea ice southwest of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4628N 6240W
to 4730N 6400W to 4900N 6330W to 4845N 6130W to 5045N 5745W to
Newfoundland near 4926N 5812W. Sea ice west then northeast of the
ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from 4658N 6157W to 4713N 6215W to 4753N
6129W to 4738N 6105W to 4658N 6157W. Sea ice within the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water except 2 tenths new ice along parts of the coasts.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 1:30 PM EST 1 February 2023Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 2 Feb estimated from Newfoundland near5025N 5635W to 4925N 4925W to 5050N 4745W to 5830N 5550W to 6005N
5015W to 5740N 4610W then eastwards.
Western iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 2 Feb estimated from Quebec near
5110N 5845W to Newfoundland near 5022N 5725W.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Gulf - Magdalen
Issued 03:00 AM AST 02 February 2023'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
Gulf - Magdalen
Issued 03:00 AM AST 02 February 2023Moderate 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 3:00 AM AST 2 February 2023 Today Tonight and Friday At 3:00 a.m. AST today ridge located over the Marine District.By 8:00 p.m. AST tonight departing ridge located east of the
Marine District.
At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight low 995 mb located over southeastern
Quebec.
By 10:00 a.m. AST Friday low 986 mb located near the Gaspe
Peninsula.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 2:56 AM AST 2 February 2023 An intensifying low pressure system approaching from SoutheasternQuebec will bring strong to gale force southerlies and gale
Force northwesterlies across the marine region beginning Friday
morning. An extremely cold air mass will usher in behind this low,
leading to moderate to severe freezing spray on Friday.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
All waters. Freezing spray warnings are in effect for all waters
except Laurentian Fan and Banquereau - southeastern half.
St. Lawrence - St. Lawrence River Area
- Anticosti - northern half
- Anticosti - southern half
- Beauport to L'Isle-aux-Coudres
- Browns Bank
- Chaleur - Miscou - eastern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - western half
- Cornwall to Montréal
- Donnacona to Beauport
- Fundy
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen
- 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
- 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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