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Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM NST 04 February 2025

Tonight and Wednesday.

Wind northwest 30 knots tonight and Wednesday.

Flurries. Visibility as low as 1 mile in flurries.

Freezing spray warning in effect.

Freezing spray beginning Wednesday morning.

Temperatures minus 2 falling to minus 9 to minus 4 Wednesday morning.

Waves

Issued 06:00 PM NST 04 February 2025
Tonight and Wednesday. Seas 3 to 4 metres.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM NST 04 February 2025
Thursday Wind west 25 knots.
Friday Wind southeast 35 to 45 knots veering to southwest 25 to 35.
Saturday Wind west 25 to 35 knots.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 4 February 2025 Today Tonight and Wednesday Open water. Consolidated grey ice along parts of the coasts. 

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

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EST 4 February 2025 Today Tonight and Wednesday

Ice Edge

Ice edge estimated from 4417N 6722W to 4300N 6530W to 4550N 5900W to
4840N 6145W to 5040N 5800W to 4830N 5930W to 4730N 5930W to
Newfoundland near 4709N 5529W. Sea ice northwest then northeast of
the ice edge.

Ice Coverage

Open water. Consolidated grey ice along parts of the coasts.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 4 February 2025

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 5 Feb estimated from the Labrador coast
near 5250N 5555W to 5310N 5125W to 5445N 5030W to 5915N 5815W to
6050N 5420W to 5935N 5030W then eastwards.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs.
Warnings

Warnings (In effect)

Freezing spray warning in effect

Southwest Coast

Issued 8:00 PM NST 04 February 2025

Moderate or severe freezing spray is 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 or Weatheradio stations.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 8:00 PM NST 4 February 2025 Tonight and Wednesday At 8:00 p.m. NST tonight intensifying low 968 mb located over
Belle Isle Bank.
By 3:30 p.m. NST Wednesday low 945 mb located east of Greenland.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:49 PM NST 4 February 2025 An intense low pressure system over Belle Isle Bank will track
northeastward to lie east of Greenland by Wednesday afternoon.
Gale to storm force south to southwesterlies are expected south of
the low, while gale to storm force north to northeasterlies are
expected to its north. Winds will diminish to strong to gale force
west to northwesterlies across the district in its wake.

Marine interests are advised that storm warnings are in effect for
Belle Isle Bank, Northern Grand Banks and Southeastern Grand Banks.
Gale warnings are in effect for South Coast, East Coast, Northeast
Coast, and Funk Island Bank.

Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for all waters except the Grand Banks.

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