Northumberland Strait - western half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 17 April 2026
Tonight and Saturday.
Wind light increasing to easterly 10 to 15 knots early Saturday morning and to southeast 15 to 20 Saturday evening.
Fog patches dissipating near midnight.
Temperatures near plus 2.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 17 April 2026
Sunday
Wind southerly 20 knots.
Monday
Wind northwest 20 knots diminishing to variable
10 to 15.
Tuesday
Wind north 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
variable 10 to 15.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 17 April 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday Open water except 1 tenth first-year ice near parts of the Prince
Edward Island coast. Consolidated rotten first-year ice along parts
of the Prince Edward Island coast.
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 17 April 2026 Today Tonight and SaturdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Cape Breton Island near 4621N 6025W to4655N 6008W to 4742N 6124W to Gaspe Peninsula near 4846N 6410W. Sea
ice southwest of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Quebec near 4845N 6751W to 5005N
6507W to 4957N 6018W to Newfoundland near 4806N 5905W. Sea ice north
of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water except 1 tenth first-year ice near parts of the Prince
Edward Island coast. Consolidated rotten first-year ice along parts
of the Prince Edward Island coast.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 3:30 PM ADT 17 April 2026 Tonight and Saturday At 3:30 p.m. ADT today departing trough located east of the MarineDistrict.
At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight quasi-stationary low 1012 mb located
southwest of Georges Bank.
At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight ridge located over Quebec.
By 8:00 p.m. ADT Saturday ridge located east of the Avalon
Peninsula.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti - eastern half
- Anticosti - western half
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait - northern half
- Cabot Strait - southern half
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Scotian Slope
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen
- 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 - eastern half
- 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
- 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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