Lurcher
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.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
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
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 16 January 2026 Today Tonight and SaturdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from New Brunswick near 4532N 6507W to NovaScotia 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
Open water.
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 linenorth-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 ridgewill 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.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou - eastern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - western half
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Scotian Slope - northwestern half
- East Scotian Slope - southeastern half
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen - northwestern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - southeastern half
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan
- Lurcher
- L'Isle-aux-Coudres to Tadoussac
- Northumberland Strait
- Pointe à Michel to Pointe-des-Monts
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - northern half
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - southern half
- Sable
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Shore
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
- West Scotian Slope
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