Fourchu
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM AST 18 January 2021
Tonight and Tuesday.
Wind southwest 15 to 20 knots veering to northwest 15 to 20 late overnight then increasing to northwest 20 to 25 Tuesday morning.
Showers changing to flurries Tuesday morning.
Temperatures plus 4 falling to minus 3 Tuesday evening.
Waves
Issued 05:00 PM AST 18 January 2021
Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 early Tuesday
morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM AST 18 January 2021
Wednesday
Wind northwest 20 to 25 knots diminishing to
west 15 in the afternoon.
Thursday
Wind northerly 25 knots diminishing to west
15 late in the day.
Friday
Wind southeast 15 to 20 knots increasing to
northeast 25 to 30.
Ice Forecast
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 18 January 2021 Today Tonight and TuesdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4545N 6240W to PrinceEdward Island near 4600N 6240W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4625N 6310W
to 4715N 6405W to 4840N 6345W to 4845N 6150W to 5040N 5820W to
Newfoundland near 5035N 5720W. Sea ice west and north of the ice
edge.
Ice Coverage
Ice free.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 2:30 PM EST 18 January 2021Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Jan estimated from Newfoundland near5120N 5534W to 5130N 5345W to 5700N 5330W to 5935N 5620W to 6430N
5530W to 6000N 5100W to 5640N 4725W then eastwards.
Western iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Jan estimated from the Labrador
coast near 5142N 5628W to Newfoundland near 5129N 5613W.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM AST 18 January 2021 Tonight and Tuesday At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight cold front located from Anticosti Islandto Maine.
By 3:30 p.m. AST Tuesday cold front located southeast of the
Marine District.
At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight intensifying low 998 mb located south of
Laurentian Fan.
By 10:00 a.m. AST Tuesday departing low 986 mb located over the
northern Grand Banks.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:54 PM AST 18 January 2021 A cold front on a northeast to southwest line over Anticosti Islandwill move southeastward across the district tonight and Tuesday.
Strong to gale force southwesterlies ahead of the front will veer to
strong northwesterlies behind it. Colder air in the wake of the cold
front will give freezing spray to the Gulf of St. Lawrence waters on
Tuesday.
This evening, a low pressure system will approach Laurentian Fan from
the southwest and intensify as it crosses the Grand Banks tonight and
Tuesday. Winds over the southeastern half of Laurentian Fan may reach
gale force this evening.
Marine interests are advised that a gale warning is in effect for
Anticosti. Freezing spray warnings are in effect for Northumberland
Strait, Gulf-Magdalen, Chaleur-Miscou, and Anticosti.
Atlantic - Newfoundland Area
- Anticosti
- Banquereau - northwestern half
- Banquereau - southeastern half
- Belle Isle Bank
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast
- Fourchu
- Funk Island Bank
- Gulf - Magdalen
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Lake Melville
- Laurentian Fan - northwestern half
- Laurentian Fan - southeastern half
- Mid Labrador Coast
- Northeast Coast
- Northeast Gulf
- Northern Grand Banks
- Northumberland Strait - eastern half
- Northumberland Strait - western half
- Sable
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- South Labrador Coast - northern half
- South Labrador Coast - southern half
- South Labrador Sea
- Strait of Belle Isle - eastern half
- Strait of Belle Isle - western half
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