Banks
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 05 October 2026
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Wind east 20 knots backing to northeast 15 this afternoon then increasing to northeast 20 this evening. Wind backing to north 15 Tuesday evening.
Scattered flurries.
Temperatures zero falling to minus 5 near noon Tuesday.
Waves
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 05 October 2026
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Outside the ice edge seas 1 metre.
Extended Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 05 October 2026
Wednesday
Wind north 15 knots diminishing to light in
the morning.
Thursday
Wind light.
Friday
Wind light increasing to west 20
knots.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 5 October 2026 Today Tonight and Tuesday Bergy water except 2 tenths multi-year ice in the northern section.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 5 October 2026 Today Tonight and TuesdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Northwest Territories near 6942N13420W to 7120N 12616W to Banks Island near 7157N 12549W. Sea ice
northwest of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Banks Island near 7130N 12037W to
Victoria Island near 7136N 11854W. Sea ice north of the ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from Victoria Island near 6940N 10139W to
6918N 10129W to 6917N 9925W to Prince of Wales Island near 7117N
9841W. Sea ice north then west of the ice edge.
Fourth ice edge estimated from Prince of Wales Island near 7234N
9624W to Somerset Island near 7233N 9519W. Sea ice north of the ice
edge.
Fifth ice edge estimated from Somerset Island near 7200N 9401W to
7159N 9340W to 7228N 9259W to Brodeur Peninsula near 7303N 8918W.
Sea ice northwest of the ice edge.
Sixth ice edge estimated from Boothia Peninsula near 7122N 9300W to
7142N 9303W to Boothia Peninsula near 7155N 9424W. Sea ice southwest
of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Bergy water except 2 tenths multi-year ice in the northern section.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 6:30 AM MDT 5 October 2026 Today Tonight and Tuesday At 1200 UTC Monday low 1005 mb located at 76N 150W.By 0000 UTC Wednesday low 1005 mb located at 78N 122W.
At 0000 UTC Wednesday approaching ridge from high located from
73N 154W to 73N 120W.
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
- 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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