Northumberland Strait - western half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM ADT 29 March 2023
Tonight and Thursday.
Wind light increasing to southerly 15 knots late overnight then backing to southeasterly 20 Thursday afternoon. Wind increasing to northwest 30 Thursday evening.
Periods of snow Thursday evening.
Temperatures near minus 1.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 29 March 2023
Friday
Wind northerly 20 knots diminishing to variable
10 to 15 in the afternoon.
Saturday
Wind south 15 to 20 knots backing to
southeast 25.
Sunday
Wind variable 20 knots increasing to northwest
30.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 29 March 2023 Today Tonight and Thursday 5 tenths first-year ice. Consolidated first-year ice along parts of
the coasts in the western section.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 29 March 2023 Today Tonight and ThursdayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4616N 6006W to 4658N 6010Wto 4845N 6230W to 4958N 5915W to 4733N 5932W to 4727N 5823W to
Newfoundland near 4740N 5815W. Sea ice west then northeast of the
ice edge.
Ice Coverage
5 tenths first-year ice. Consolidated first-year ice along parts of
the coasts in the western section.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM ADT 29 March 2023 Tonight and Thursday At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight ridge located over the central MarineDistrict.
By 8:00 p.m. ADT Thursday ridge located on a line
northwest-southeast over eastern Newfoundland.
At 10:00 a.m. ADT Thursday trough located from Quebec to New
Brunswick then to Georges Bank.
By 8:00 p.m. ADT Thursday trough located from the Gaspe Peninsula
to East Scotian Slope.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Eastern Shore - eastern half
- Eastern Shore - western half
- East Coast
- East Scotian Slope
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan
- 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 - eastern half
- Sable - western half
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Shore
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
- West Scotian Slope
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