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Marine Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM NST 13 December 2024

Tonight and Saturday.

Wind west 25 knots tonight and Saturday.

Flurries overnight and Saturday. Visibility as low as 1 mile in flurries.

Waves

Issued 06:00 PM NST 13 December 2024
Tonight and Saturday. Seas 3 metres.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM NST 13 December 2024
Sunday Wind northwest 25 knots.
Monday Wind west 25 knots.
Tuesday Wind west 15 knots backing to southwest 20.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 13 December 2024 Today Tonight and Saturday Ice free. 

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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 13 December 2024 Today Tonight and Saturday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4548N 6308W to Prince
Edward Island near 4603N 6302W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Second ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4626N 6308W
to 4729N 6428W to 4838N 6357W to Gaspe Peninsula near 4851N 6412W.
Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Third ice edge estimated from Quebec near 4845N 6750W to 4908N 6741W
to 4946N 6505W to Anticosti Island near 4935N 6346W. Sea ice
southwest then north of the ice edge.

Fourth ice edge estimated from Anticosti Island near 4956N 6403W to
4958N 6010W to Quebec near 5126N 5733W. Sea ice north of the ice
edge.

Ice Coverage

Ice free.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 13 December 2024

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 14 Dec estimated from the Labrador coast
near 5345N 5627W to 5300N 5345W to 5245N 5000W to 5445N 5000W to
5900N 5800W to 5945N 5230W to 5835N 4625W then eastwards.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs.
Warnings

No watches or warnings in effect.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 3:30 PM NST 13 December 2024 Tonight and Saturday At 3:30 p.m. NST today low 964 mb located over northwestern
Labrador Sea.
By 3:30 p.m. NST Saturday low 981 mb located east of Labrador Sea.

At 3:30 p.m. NST today trough located on a line northeast-southwest
over Funk Island Bank.
By 10:00 a.m. NST Saturday trough located east of the Marine
District.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:12 PM NST 13 December 2024 An intense low pressure system over the Northwest Labrador Sea will
slowly drift eastward across the Labrador Sea tonight and Saturday.
Strong to gale force west to southwesterlies associated with the low
will persist tonight. Winds will gradually diminish over most waters
throughout the day on Saturday.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Strait of Belle Isle, Gulf waters, East Coast - north of Cape St.
Francis, Northeast Coast, Belle Isle Bank, and Funk Island Bank.

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