Gulf - Port au Port
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 03:00 AM NST 29 November 2023
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Wind southwest 25 knots veering to west 20 this morning then to northwest 25 this evening. Wind backing to west 15 to 20 Thursday morning then to southwest 25 Thursday afternoon.
Showers or flurries becoming flurries early this morning. Visibility as low as 1 mile in flurries.
Risk of freezing spray overnight and Thursday.
Temperatures plus 2 falling to minus 5 to minus 1 overnight then rising to zero Thursday afternoon.
Waves
Issued 06:00 AM NST 29 November 2023
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 1 to 2 near noon Thursday then
building to 2 to 3 Thursday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:00 AM NST 29 November 2023
Friday
Wind southwest 25 to 35 knots.
Saturday
Wind northwest 20 knots.
Sunday
Wind light.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EST 28 November 2023 Today Tonight and Wednesday Open water except 2 tenths new ice in sheltered bays along parts of
the Quebec coast.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 28 November 2023 Today Tonight and WednesdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Quebec near 4831N 6827W to 4832N 6832Wto 4805N 6926W to 4747N 6943W then westward. Sea ice south of the
ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Quebec near 4806N 6942W to 4816N
6925W to 4844N 6851W to Quebec near 4916N 6749W. Sea ice north of
the ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from Quebec near 5017N 6434W to 4958N 6205W
to 5009N 5956W to Quebec near 5125N 5737W. Sea ice north of the ice
edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water except 2 tenths new ice in sheltered bays along parts of
the Quebec coast.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 1:30 PM EST 28 November 2023Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 29 Nov estimated from Newfoundland near5133N 5531W to 5230N 4915W to 5430N 4915W to 5830N 5700W to 6025N
5305W then eastwards.
Western iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 29 Nov estimated from the Labrador
coast near 5141N 5631W to Newfoundland near 5131N 5603W.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 3:00 AM NST 29 November 2023 Today Tonight and Thursday At 3:00 a.m. NST today trough located on a line northwest-southeastover Belle Isle Bank.
By 10:00 a.m. NST today departing trough located over Labrador Sea.
At 3:00 a.m. NST today intensifying low 997 mb located southwest
of Laurentian Fan.
By 3:00 a.m. NST Thursday deepening low 979 mb located over Belle
Isle Bank.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:03 AM NST 29 November 2023 A trough of low pressure over Belle Isle Bank will continue to tracknortheastward to lie over the Labrador Sea by this afternoon. Gale to
storm force southeasterlies ahead of the trough will shift to strong
to gale force southwesterlies in its wake, further diminishing as it
tracks northeastward.
A developing low pressure system south of the Laurentian Fan will
track northeastward today and rapidly intensify. It is expected to
pass east of the Avalon Peninsula this evening and move north of the
district on Thursday morning. Gale force southeasterlies ahead of the
low will shift to gale to storm force westerlies in its wake.
Marine interests are advised that storm warnings are in effect for
East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south, Belle Isle Bank, and the
Grand Banks. Gale warnings are in effect for the Strait of Belle
Isle, South Coast, East Coast - north of Cape St. Francis, and Funk
Island Bank.
Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Strait of Belle Isle - eastern half and Belle Isle Bank.
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 - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Coast - north of Cape St. Francis
- Fourchu
- Funk Island Bank
- Gulf - Magdalen
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Lake Melville
- Laurentian Fan
- Mid Labrador Coast - Hopedale and south
- Northeast Coast
- Northeast Gulf
- Northern Grand Banks
- Northumberland Strait
- Sable
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- South Labrador Coast
- South Labrador Sea
- Strait of Belle Isle - eastern half
- Strait of Belle Isle - western half
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