Cabot Strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 06:14 PM ADT 11 October 2024
Tonight and Saturday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwesterly 35 knots with gusts to 45 diminishing to westerly 20 to 25 Saturday morning then increasing to northwest 40 Saturday evening.
Showers this evening and Saturday.
Waves
Issued 05:00 PM ADT 11 October 2024
Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 5 this evening then subsiding
to 2 to 3 near noon Saturday. Seas building to 3 to 4 Saturday
evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 11 October 2024
Sunday
Wind westerly 40 knots diminishing to northwest
30 late in the day.
Monday
Wind northwest 25 knots diminishing to light
late in the day.
Tuesday
Wind southeast 30 knots veering to southwest
20 to 25 late in the day.
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 5 May 2024 Forecasts have ended for the season.Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 2:30 PM EDT 11 October 2024Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 12 Oct estimated from the Labrador coastnear 5208N 5543W to 5215N 5430W to 5515N 5200W to 5745N 5600W to
5845N 5230W to 5930N 5015W then eastwards.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Cabot Strait
Issued 6:14 PM ADT 11 October 2024'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 3:30 PM ADT 11 October 2024 Tonight and Saturday At 3:30 p.m. ADT today quasi-stationary low 973 mb located nearLabrador Sea.
At 10:00 a.m. ADT Saturday trough from low located over the Gulf
of St. Lawrence.
By 8:00 p.m. ADT Saturday intensifying trough located over the
eastern Marine District.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:21 PM ADT 11 October 2024 A low pressure system along the Labrador coast will maintain strongto gale force westerly winds over the region tonight. An associated
trough will cross the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Saturday with winds
expected to increase to gale to near storm force in its wake.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for all
marine waters.
Outlook for the start-up of the Upper Bay of Fundy lobster fishery.
Saturday...Southwest 25 knots increasing to west 35 to 40 near noon
then diminishing to northwest 25 in the evening. Seas 2 to 3 metres.
Sunday...Northwest 20 knots diminishing to west 15 in the afternoon
and to light by evening. Seas 1 to 2 metres subsiding to 1 metre or
less in the afternoon.
Monday...Winds light becoming easterly 15 knots near noon increasing
to southeast 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon and to south 25 to 30
late in the evening. Seas near 1 metre.
Tuesday...Southwest 20 knots. Seas near 1 metre.
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- Anticosti - southwestern half
- Banquereau - northern half
- Banquereau - southern half
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- Eastern Shore
- East Coast
- Fourchu
- Funk Island Bank
- Gulf - Magdalen - northeastern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - southwestern half
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