Lurcher
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM AST 23 January 2021
Tonight and Sunday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 30 knots increasing to northwest 35 late overnight then diminishing to northwest 30 Sunday afternoon.
Flurries.
Temperatures near minus 1.
Waves
Issued 05:00 PM AST 23 January 2021
Tonight and Sunday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 this evening and to 3 to 4
Sunday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM AST 23 January 2021
Monday
Wind northwest 25 knots.
Tuesday
Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to
light.
Wednesday
Wind north 20 to 25 knots.
Ice Forecast
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 23 January 2021 Today Tonight and SundayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Cape Breton near 4625N 6105W to 4620N6125W to 4600N 6150W to 4600N 6215W to Prince Edward Island near
4625N 6200W. Sea ice south and west of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4630N 6215W
to 4740N 6105W to 4745N 6135W to 4640N 6335W to 4840N 6345W to 4845N
6150W to 5025N 5825W to 5035N 5720W. Sea ice west, south, west and
north of the ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from Newfoundland near 5020N 5730W to 5015N
5745W to 4825N 5925W to Newfoundland near 4800N 5910W. Sea ice east
of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Ice free.
Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Lurcher
Issued 8:00 PM AST 23 January 2021'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.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM AST 23 January 2021 Tonight and Sunday At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight low 986 mb located over the Quebec LowerNorth Shore.
By 10:00 a.m. AST Sunday low 992 mb located near Prince Edward
Island.
At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight trough located near East Scotian Slope.
By 3:30 p.m. AST Sunday departing trough located east of the
Marine District.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:54 PM AST 23 January 2021 An area of low pressure continues to bring strong northwesterly windsover the eastern waters. The winds will weaken as the low moves
eastward into the Grand Banks. In the southern waters, a departing
trough will leave strong to gale force northwesterlies in its wake.
An intensifying low located over the Quebec North Shore will track
into the Gulf of St. Lawrence overnight. Winds will increase as the
low deepens. These strong winds will cause freezing spray in the
region.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Lurcher, Browns Bank, Georges Bank, West Scotian Slope, and
Laurentian Fan - southwestern half.
Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Fundy, Grand Manan, Northumberland Strait, Gulf-Magdalen,
Chaleur-Miscou, and Anticosti.
St. Lawrence - St. Lawrence River Area
- Anticosti
- Beauport to L'Isle-aux-Coudres
- Browns Bank
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Cornwall to Montréal
- Donnacona to Beauport
- Fundy
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen - northwestern 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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