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East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south

Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM NDT 15 March 2026

Tonight and Monday.

Wind northwest 25 knots diminishing to west 15 Monday morning then backing to southwest 10 to 15 Monday afternoon.

Flurries this evening.

Temperatures minus 2 to plus 2.

Waves

Issued 06:00 PM NDT 15 March 2026
Tonight and Monday. Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 Monday afternoon.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM NDT 15 March 2026
Tuesday Wind southeast 25 knots increasing to south 35 to 45 in the morning.
Wednesday Wind southwest 35 to 45 knots diminishing to west 25.
Thursday Wind west 25 knots diminishing to variable 10 to 15.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EDT 15 March 2026 Today Tonight and Monday Bergy water. 

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

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EDT 15 March 2026 Today Tonight and Monday

Ice Edge

Ice edge estimated from Newfoundland near 4746N 5243W to 4946N 5209W
to 5102N 4857W to 5448N 5146W to 5641N 5608W to 6000N 5815W to 6159N
5721W then northeastward. Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Ice Coverage

Bergy water.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 2:50 PM EDT 15 March 2026

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 16 Mar estimated from Newfoundland near
4640N 5310W to 4555N 4840W to 4550N 4440W to 4815N 4300W to 5220N
4615W to 5650N 5345W to 5930N 5700W to 6120N 5400W to 5815N 4855W
then eastward.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs except less than 10 icebergs north of the
iceberg limit.
Warnings

Warnings (Ended)

Gale warning ended

East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south

Issued 8:00 PM NDT 15 March 2026
Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 8:00 PM NDT 15 March 2026 Tonight and Monday At 8:00 p.m. NDT tonight low 988 mb located east of Funk Island
Bank.
By 10:00 a.m. NDT Monday departing low 990 mb located east of the
Marine District.

At 8:00 p.m. NDT tonight trough located over southern Labrador Sea.
By 3:30 p.m. NDT Monday departing trough located southeast of
Belle Isle Bank.

At 3:30 p.m. NDT Monday approaching trough located over the
Maritimes.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:51 PM NDT 15 March 2026 A low pressure system east of Funk Island Bank will move away from
the region tonight. Gale to storm force northwesterlies in the wake
of the low will diminish to strong to gale force as it moves away.

Meanwhile, a trough of low pressure over the South Labrador Sea will
move southeastward and cross Belle Isle Bank on Monday. This feature
will help maintain strong to gale force northwesterlies over eastern
waters.

A second trough will move over the Maritimes on Monday and bring
strong to gale force southeasterlies to southwestern waters late in
the day.

Marine interests are advised that a storm warning is in effect for
Northern Grand Banks. Gale warnings are in effect for Gulf - Port au
Port, East Coast - north of Cape St. Francis, Belle Isle Bank, Funk
Island Bank, and Southeastern Grand Banks.

Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Gulf waters, East Coast - north of Cape St. Francis,
Northeast Coast, Belle Isle Bank, and Funk Island Bank.

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