Banks
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 16 July 2025
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Wind light becoming northwest 15 knots Thursday afternoon.
Scattered showers this morning. Fog forming this evening and dissipating Thursday afternoon.
Temperatures near zero.
Waves
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 16 July 2025
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Outside the ice edge seas 1 metre or less.
Extended Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 16 July 2025
Friday
Wind light.
Saturday
Wind north 15 knots.
Sunday
Wind north 15 knots diminishing to
light.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 July 2025 Today Tonight and Thursday Special ice warning in effect.
6 tenths old ice except 9 plus tenths old ice in the western
section.
Unusual presence of old ice in the southeastern section today and
continuing Thursday.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 July 2025 Today Tonight and ThursdayIce Edge
Ice edge is outside the forecast region.Ice Coverage
Special ice warning in effect.6 tenths old ice except 9 plus tenths old ice in the western
section.
Unusual presence of old ice in the southeastern section today and
continuing Thursday.
Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Special ice warning in effect
Banks
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 July 2025Navigators in this marine area should be on the lookout for hazardous ice conditions and take necessary safety precautions. Please refer to the latest ice forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 6:30 AM MDT 16 July 2025 Today Tonight and Thursday At 1200 UTC Wednesday ridge located from 73N 167W to 70N 140W.By 0000 UTC Friday ridge from 1026 mb high located from 76N 167W
to 70N 135W.
At 1200 UTC Wednesday departing low 1016 mb located at 70N 128W.
Mackenzie - Mackenzie River Area
- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
- Banks
- Bathurst
- Bowie - northern half
- Byam
- Camsell Bend mile 290 to Tulita mile 512
- Coronation
- Dease
- Dixon Entrance East
- Dixon Entrance West - east of Langara
- Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara
- Dolphin
- Fort Good Hope mile 684 to Point Separation mile 913
- Great Slave Lake - basin
- Great Slave Lake - east arm
- Great Slave Lake - north arm
- Hecate Strait - northern half
- Lake Athabasca - eastern half
- Lake Athabasca - western half
- Larsen
- Mackenzie
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
- North Mackenzie
- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Rae
- Tuktoyaktuk - northern half
- Tuktoyaktuk - southern half
- Tulita mile 512 to Fort Good Hope mile 684
- Ulukhaktok
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
- Wrigley Harbour mile 0 to Axe Point mile 91
- Yukon Coast
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