Lurcher
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM ADT 12 October 2026
Tonight and Tuesday.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots increasing to northeast 30 late this evening then diminishing to east 15 near noon Tuesday. Wind increasing to southeast 25 Tuesday evening.
Rain Tuesday evening.
Waves
Issued 05:00 PM ADT 12 October 2026
Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 late overnight then
subsiding to 1 to 2 Tuesday afternoon.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 12 October 2026
Wednesday
Wind southeast 30 knots diminishing to
westerly 25 in the afternoon.
Thursday
Wind northwest 25 knots.
Friday
Wind variable 15 knots increasing to southeast
25.
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Strong wind warning in effect
Lurcher
Issued 8:00 PM ADT 12 October 2026'Strong' winds of 20 to 33 knots are 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.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM ADT 12 October 2026 Tonight and Tuesday At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight low 995 mb located over Laurentian Fan.By 3:00 a.m. ADT Tuesday departing low 992 mb located over the
Grand Banks.
At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight high 1025 mb located over Quebec.
By 3:30 p.m. ADT Tuesday high 1022 mb located over the Gaspe
Peninsula.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:44 PM ADT 12 October 2026 A low pressure system over Laurentian Fan will track east of thedistrict tonight. Strong to gale force westerlies south of the low
will shift to strong to gale force northeasterlies in its wake as a
ridge moves in from the northwest.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
eastern shore - eastern half, Sable - eastern half, East Scotian
Slope - northern half, Fourchu, Banquereau, Laurentian Fan and Cabot
Strait.
Outlook for the start-up of the Upper Bay of Fundy lobster fishery.
Tonight...Winds northeast 25 to 30 knots. Choppy sea conditions this
evening when winds will be running against the rising tide.
Tuesday...Winds northeast 25 knots diminishing to northeast 15 knots
in the morning then to light near noon then increasing to southeast
15 near midnight. Choppy sea conditions in the morning when winds
will run against the rising tide.
Wednesday...Winds southeast 15 knots increasing to 25 knots in the
morning then becoming westerly 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon then
to northwest 25 late in the evening. Choppy sea conditions late in
the day when winds will be running against the ebbing tide.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti - northwestern half
- Anticosti - southeastern half
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou - eastern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - western half
- Eastern Shore - eastern half
- Eastern Shore - western half
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Scotian Slope - northern half
- East Scotian Slope - southern half
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank - northern half
- Georges Bank - southern half
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen - northeastern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - southwestern half
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan - northern half
- Laurentian Fan - southern half
- 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 - eastern half
- Sable - western half
- Southeastern Grand Banks - northern half
- Southwestern Grand Banks - northern half
- Southwestern Grand Banks - southern half
- Southwestern Shore
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
- West Scotian Slope - northern half
- West Scotian Slope - southern half
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