Anticosti - western half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM ADT 18 April 2024
Tonight and Friday.
Wind northerly 15 knots diminishing to light late overnight then increasing to southeast 15 to 20 Friday afternoon.
Waves
Issued 05:00 PM ADT 18 April 2024
Anticosti - northwestern half
Tonight and Friday.
Seas 1 metre or less.
Anticosti - southeastern half
Tonight and Friday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres subsiding to 1 or less Friday
evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 18 April 2024
Saturday
Wind south 20 to 25 knots.
Sunday
Wind west 20 knots.
Monday
Wind southwest 20 knots.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 18 April 2024 Today Tonight and Friday Open water except consolidated rotten first-year ice along parts of
the coast.
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 18 April 2024 Today Tonight and FridayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Quebec near 5013N 6313W to 4951N 6034W to5112N 5742W to Newfoundland near 5048N 5704W. Sea ice north then
east of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water except consolidated rotten first-year ice along parts of
the coast.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 4:21 PM EDT 18 April 2024Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Apr estimated from Newfoundland near4729N 5245W to 4805N 4945W to 5155N 4710W to 5445N 4940W to 5625N
4830W to 5800N 4525W then eastward.
Western iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 19 Apr estimated from Quebec near
5013N 6130W to Newfoundland near 4910N 5827W.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs except less than 10 icebergs northeast of thewestern iceberg limit.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM ADT 18 April 2024 Tonight and Friday At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight quasi-stationary ridge located overthe Maritimes.
At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight low 994 mb located near the Avalon
Peninsula.
By 10:00 a.m. ADT Friday departing low 1004 mb located over the
eastern Grand Banks.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:45 PM ADT 18 April 2024 A deepening low pressure system near the Avalon Peninsula will bringstrong to gale force northerly winds to eastern waters tonight.
Winds will diminish on Friday as the low weakens and begins tracking
away from the region.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Fourchu, Banquereau, Laurentian Fan and Cabot Strait.
Outlook for the start-up of the eastern shore lobster fishery.
Tonight..Winds northerly 25 knots. Sea state 1 to 2 metres.
Friday..Winds north 20 to 25 knots diminishing to north 15 in the
afternoon and to light in the evening. Sea state 1 to 2 metres
diminishing to 1 or less late in the day.
Saturday..Southerly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 in the
afternoon. Seas near 1 metre.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti - eastern half
- Anticosti - western half
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Eastern Shore - eastern half
- Eastern Shore - western half
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Scotian Slope - eastern half
- East Scotian Slope - western half
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan
- Lurcher
- L'Isle-aux-Coudres to Tadoussac
- Northumberland Strait - eastern half
- Northumberland Strait - western half
- Pointe à Michel to Pointe-des-Monts
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - northern half
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - southern half
- Sable - eastern half
- Sable - western half
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Shore
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
- West Scotian Slope
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