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Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 13 August 2026
Today Tonight and Friday.
Wind light becoming north 10 to 15 knots this afternoon. Wind north 10 to 15 tonight and Friday.
Scattered showers and fog patches.
Temperatures near plus 1.
Waves
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 13 August 2026
Today Tonight and Friday.
Over open water seas 1 metre or less.
Extended Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 13 August 2026
Saturday
Wind light.
Sunday
Wind southwest 20 to 25 knots diminishing to
northwest 15.
Monday
Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to light
late in the day.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 12 August 2026 Today Tonight and Thursday 2 tenths old ice except 6 tenths old ice in the western section.
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 12 August 2026 Today Tonight and ThursdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Brodeur Peninsula near 7138N 9000W to7116N 9138W to Nunavut near 7037N 9210W. Sea ice southeast of the
ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Nunavut near 6858N 11603W to Victoria
Island near 6918N 11556W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from Victoria Island near 6848N 10254W to
6828N 10142W to King William Island near 6851N 9914W. Sea ice north
of the ice edge.
Fourth ice edge estimated from King William Island near 6954N 9759W
to Prince of Wales Island near 7118N 9836W. Sea ice west of the ice
edge.
Fifth ice edge estimated from Prince of Wales Island near 7244N
9630W to Somerset Island near 7244N 9537W. Sea ice north of the ice
edge.
Sixth ice edge estimated from Somerset Island near 7320N 9110W to
7329N 8920W to 7352N 8811W then northward. Sea ice northwest of the
ice edge.
Ice Coverage
2 tenths old ice except 6 tenths old ice in the western section.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 6:30 AM MDT 13 August 2026 Today Tonight and Friday At 1200 UTC Thursday quasi-stationary high 1026 mb located at73N 135W.
At 1200 UTC Thursday low 1023 mb located at 70N 123W.
By 0000 UTC Saturday trough from 1013 mb low located from 69N 109W
to 72N 123W.
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- Alert
- Amundsen
- Axel Heiberg
- Baillie
- Ballantyne
- Banks
- Barrow
- Bartlett
- Bathurst
- Boothia
- Borden
- Brock
- Byam
- Camsell Bend mile 290 to Tulita mile 512
- Clarence - northern half
- Clarence - southern half
- Committee
- Coronation
- CT4
- CU4
- CV4
- CV5
- CW3
- CW4
- CW5
- CX4
- Dease
- Dolphin
- East Baffin - northern half
- Ellef Ringnes
- Ellesmere
- Eureka - northern half
- Eureka - southern half
- Fitzwilliam
- Fort Good Hope mile 684 to Point Separation mile 913
- Greely
- Griper
- Gustaf
- Hassel
- Hazen
- Igloolik
- Jones - eastern half
- Jones - western half
- Kane - northern half
- Kane - southern half
- Lancaster - eastern half
- Lancaster - western half
- Larsen
- Liddon
- Mackenzie
- Maclean
- Massey
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
- Nansen
- Navy Board
- Northwest Beaufort
- North Mackenzie
- North Prince Patrick
- North Sverdrup
- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Norwegian
- Peary
- Peel
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Pond
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Prince Patrick
- Queens
- Rae
- Regent
- Robeson - northern half
- Robeson - southern half
- Roes Welcome - northern half
- South Axel Heiberg
- South Ellef Ringnes
- South Prince Patrick
- South Sverdrup
- St. Roch
- Tuktoyaktuk - northern half
- Tuktoyaktuk - southern half
- Tulita mile 512 to Fort Good Hope mile 684
- Ulukhaktok
- Ward Hunt
- West Baffin - northern half
- West Baffin - southern half
- West Foxe
- West Prince Alfred
- Wilkins
- Yukon Coast
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