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Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM AST 21 December 2024

Tonight and Sunday.

Wind northwest 20 to 25 knots tonight and Sunday.

Flurries. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.

Temperatures plus 1 falling to minus 5 Sunday afternoon.

Waves

Issued 05:00 PM AST 21 December 2024
Tonight and Sunday. Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 near midnight.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM AST 21 December 2024
Monday Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to light in the afternoon.
Tuesday Wind light becoming southerly 15 knots.
Wednesday Wind east 20 knots.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 21 December 2024 Today Tonight and Sunday Ice free. 

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Map of Atlantic - Maritimes marine weather areas East Scotia Slope - 44137 Banquereau - 44139 LaHave Bank - 44150 Halifax Harbour - 44258 East Chedabucto Bay – 44488 West Chedabucto Bay – 44489 Baie-Comeau Airport Havre-Saint-Pierre Airport Île aux Perroquets Île Rouge Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan Sept-Îles Airport Pointe-des-Monts Pointe-Noire Cap-d'Espoir Rivière-la-Madeleine Gaspé Airport Heath Point Îles de la Madeleine Airport La Pocatière Mont-Joli Airport New Carlisle Pointe-au-Père Port Menier Île Bicquette Cap-Chat Bas Caraquet Bathurst Airport Charlo Miramichi Fundy Park (Alma) Grand Manan Kouchibouguac Kouchibouguac Miscou Island Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc Int'l Airport Point Lepreau Saint John Airport St. Stephen Baccaro Point Beaver Island Brier Island Caribou Point Debert Eskasoni (First Nations) Grand Étang CFB Greenwood Hart Island Ingonish Beach Kentville AAFC Lunenburg McNabs Island Nappan AAFC North Mountain Parrsboro Sable Island St.Paul Island Shearwater Airport J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport Tracadie Western Head Yarmouth Airport Charlottetown Airport East Point North Cape Summerside Burgeo Port aux Basques Sagona Island St. Lawrence Stephenville Airport Winterland Branch Hill Wreckhouse
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Ice Conditions

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EST 21 December 2024 Today Tonight and Sunday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4553N 6155W to Prince
Edward Island near 4626N 6200W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Second ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4627N 6244W
to 4724N 6430W to 4841N 6357W to Gaspe Peninsula near 4852N 6413W.
Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Third ice edge estimated from Gaspe Peninsula near 4912N 6611W to
4947N 6541W to 4903N 6255W to Anticosti Island near 4904N 6216W. Sea
ice northwest then northeast of the ice edge.

Fourth ice edge estimated from Anticosti Island near 4955N 6358W to
4958N 6010W to 5103N 5751W to Newfoundland near 4900N 5830W. Sea ice
north then east of the ice edge.

Ice Coverage

Ice free.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 21 December 2024

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 22 Dec estimated from the Labrador coast
near 5320N 5549W to 5130N 5100W to 5145N 4900W to 5245N 4800W to
5345N 4800W to 5900N 5800W to 5945N 5230W then eastwards.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs.
Warnings

No watches or warnings in effect.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 8:00 PM AST 21 December 2024 Tonight and Sunday At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight low 975 mb located over western
Newfoundland.
By 3:00 a.m. AST Sunday departing low 971 mb located near the
Strait of Belle Isle.

At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight approaching ridge located over the
Great Lakes.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:44 PM AST 21 December 2024 A low over Western Newfoundland will move to lie near the Strait of
Belle Isle overnight tonight. Gale to storm force winds will diminish
to strong to gale force northwesterlies in the wake of the low later
tonight.

Marine interests are advised that storm warnings are in effect for
Banquereau, Cabot Strait - northern half, Gulf-Magdalen, and
Anticosti - southeastern half. Gale warnings are in effect for
eastern shore - eastern half, Sable - eastern half, East Scotian
Slope, Laurentian Fan, Cabot Strait - southern half, Northumberland
Strait, Chaleur-Miscou - eastern half and Anticosti - northwestern
half.

Freezing spray warnings are in effect for all Gulf of St. Lawrence
waters. Higher than normal water levels are possible along
north-facing coastlines of the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence during
high tide this evening.

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