Northumberland Strait - eastern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM AST 05 March 2021
Tonight and Saturday.
Wind southwest 15 to 20 knots tonight and Saturday.
Flurries ending overnight. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.
Over open water risk of freezing spray.
Temperatures minus 7 falling to minus 12 Saturday morning then rising to minus 6 Saturday afternoon.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM AST 05 March 2021
Sunday
Wind southwest 20 to 25 knots veering to west
15 to 20 in the afternoon.
Monday
Wind northwest 15 knots.
Tuesday
Wind southwest 15 knots increasing to westerly
20 to 25.
Ice Forecast
Issued 3:32 PM EST 5 March 2021 Today Tonight and Saturday 5 tenths grey ice including 2 tenths grey-white ice except 9 plus
tenths grey-white ice along the southern coast of Prince Edward
Island and along parts of the Nova Scotia coast.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 3:32 PM EST 5 March 2021 Today Tonight and SaturdayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Cape Breton near 4601N 5950W to 4609N 5900Wto 4700N 5859W to 4755N 6043W to 4801N 6258W to 4906N 6107W to 4957N
6227W to 4937N 5931W to 5028N 5756W to Newfoundland near 4842N
5855W. Sea ice southwest then northwest then east of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
5 tenths grey ice including 2 tenths grey-white ice except 9 plus
tenths grey-white ice along the southern coast of Prince Edward
Island and along parts of the Nova Scotia coast.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM AST 5 March 2021 Tonight and Saturday At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight quasi-stationary low 984 mb located oversouthwestern Labrador.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:47 PM AST 5 March 2021 A quasistationary low pressure system over Southwestern Labrador willgradually weaken tonight and Saturday. Generally strong westerlies
across the district are still expected to occasionally reach gale
force over Western Anticosti until Saturday morning.
Marine interests are advised that a gale warning is in effect for
Anticosti - western half.
Freezing spray warnings are in effect for Grand Manan, Cabot Strait -
northern half, Gulf - Magdalen, and Anticosti.
Atlantic - Newfoundland Area
- Anticosti - eastern half
- Anticosti - western half
- Banquereau
- Belle Isle Bank
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Cabot Strait - northern half
- Cabot Strait - southern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - eastern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - western half
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Coast - north of Cape St. Francis
- Fourchu
- Funk Island Bank
- Gulf - Magdalen - eastern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - western half
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Lake Melville
- Laurentian Fan
- 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
- South Labrador Sea
- Strait of Belle Isle - eastern half
- Strait of Belle Isle - western half
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