Banks
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Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 09 August 2026
Today Tonight and Monday.
Wind southwest 15 knots diminishing to light late this morning. Wind light tonight and Monday.
Showers ending Monday afternoon. Fog banks.
Temperatures near zero.
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Ice Conditions
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Issued 10:00 AM EDT 9 August 2026 Today Tonight and MondayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Brodeur Peninsula near 7125N 8957W to 7130N9036W to 7245N 9049W to 7319N 8909W to 7352N 8811W then northward.
Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Special ice warning in effect.3 tenths first-year ice including 1 tenth old ice except 6 tenths
old ice in the western section.
Unusual presence of first-year ice in the extreme southeastern
section today and continuing Monday.
Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Special ice warning in effect
Banks
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 09 August 2026Navigators 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 9 August 2026 Today Tonight and Monday At 1200 UTC Sunday ridge from 1025 mb high located from 71N 155Wto 83N 118W.
By 0000 UTC Tuesday high 1027 mb located at 78N 122W.
At 1200 UTC Sunday dissipating low 1013 mb located at 74N 130W.
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
- 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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