Mackenzie
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 16 October 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Wind east 25 knots diminishing to light Saturday morning then increasing to west 20 Saturday evening.
Scattered flurries.
Temperatures near minus 1.
Waves
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 16 October 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Outside the ice edge seas 1 metre or less.
Extended Forecast
Issued 07:00 AM MDT 16 October 2026
Sunday
Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to light in
the afternoon then becoming south 15 late in the day.
Monday
Wind south 15 knots diminishing to
light.
Tuesday
Wind southeast 20 knots.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 October 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday Special ice warning in effect.
9 tenths new ice including a trace of multi-year ice except 9 tenths
grey ice including 2 tenths multi-year ice in the northwestern
section.
Unusual presence of multi-year ice in the extreme southwestern
section today and continuing Saturday.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 October 2026 Today Tonight and SaturdayIce Edge
Ice edge is outside the forecast region.Ice Coverage
Special ice warning in effect.9 tenths new ice including a trace of multi-year ice except 9 tenths
grey ice including 2 tenths multi-year ice in the northwestern
section.
Unusual presence of multi-year ice in the extreme southwestern
section today and continuing Saturday.
Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Special ice warning in effect
Mackenzie
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 16 October 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 16 October 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday At 1200 UTC Friday ridge located from 73N 120W to 73N 168W.By 0000 UTC Sunday ridge located from 78N 120W to 80N 167W.
By 0000 UTC Sunday low 997 mb located at 72N 155W.
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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