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Issued 03:30 PM AST 04 December 2020

Tonight and Saturday.

Wind southwest 15 knots increasing to southwesterly 20 this evening and to south 25 to 30 near noon Saturday.

Showers overnight and Saturday. Risk of thunderstorms Saturday late in the day.

Waves

Issued 05:00 AM AST 04 December 2020
Today Tonight and Saturday. Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 4 Saturday evening.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM AST 04 December 2020
Sunday Wind southerly 40 knots.
Monday Wind west 30 knots.
Tuesday Wind northerly 15 to 20 knots increasing to northeast 35.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 4 December 2020 Today Tonight and Saturday Ice free. 

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Map of Atlantic - Maritimes marine weather areas East Scotia Slope - 44137 Banquereau - 44139 LaHave Bank - 44150 Halifax Harbour - 44258 East Chedabucto Bay - 44488 West Chedabucto Bay - 44489 West Bay of Fundy - 44490 Mont-Louis - 45138 Baie-Comeau Airport Havre-Saint-Pierre Airport Île aux Perroquets Île Rouge Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan Sept-Îles Airport Pointe-des-Monts Pointe-Noire Cap-d'Espoir Rivière-la-Madeleine Gaspé Airport Heath Point Îles de la Madeleine Airport La Pocatière Mont-Joli Airport New Carlisle Pointe-au-Père Port Menier Île Bicquette Cap-Chat Bas Caraquet Bathurst Airport Bouctouche AAFC Charlo Miramichi Fundy Park (Alma) Grand Manan Kouchibouguac Miscou Island Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc Int'l Airport Point Lepreau Saint John Airport St. Stephen Baccaro Point Beaver Island Brier Island Caribou Point Debert Eskasoni (First Nations) Grand Étang CFB Greenwood Hart Island Ingonish Beach Kentville AAFC Lunenburg McNabs Island Nappan AAFC North Mountain Parrsboro Sable Island St.Paul Island Shearwater Airport J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport Tracadie Western Head Yarmouth Airport Charlottetown Airport East Point North Cape Summerside Burgeo Port aux Basques Sagona Island St. Lawrence Stephenville Airport Winterland Branch Hill Wreckhouse
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Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EST 4 December 2020 Today Tonight and Saturday

Ice Edge

Ice edge estimated from Quebec near 5000N 6645W to 4840N 6210W to
5015N 5915W to Quebec near 5120N 5800W. Sea ice north of the ice
edge.

Ice Coverage

Ice free.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 2:30 PM EST 4 December 2020

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 5 Dec estimated from Newfoundland near
5100N 5550W to 5045N 5300W to 5500N 5200W to 5900N 5700W to 6000N
5300W to 5800N 4900W then eastwards.

Western iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 5 Dec estimated from the Labrador
coast near 5145N 5620W to Newfoundland near 5131N 5604W.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs.
Warnings

No watches or warnings in effect.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 3:30 PM AST 4 December 2020 Tonight and Saturday At 3:30 p.m. AST today ridge located on a line northeast-southwest
over Laurentian Fan.
By 3:00 a.m. AST Saturday departing ridge located southeast of
the Marine District.

At 3:00 a.m. AST Saturday deepening low 1003 mb located north of
Cape Hatteras.
By 8:00 p.m. AST Saturday low 984 mb located over the Gulf of Maine.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:27 PM AST 4 December 2020 A low pressure system will approach from the southwest on Saturday
and track slowly across the Bay of Fundy on Sunday. Strong to gale
force easterlies developing ahead of the low on Saturday will shift
to gale force southerlies over southernmost waters by late Saturday
evening.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Lurcher, Browns Bank, Georges Bank, southwestern shore, LaHave Bank,
and West Scotian Slope.

Outlook for the start of the southwest lobster fishery.

For lfa34.

Tonight..Winds southwest 20 knots increasing to southwest 25 to 30
early this evening then diminishing to southwest 15 overnight. Seas 2
to 3 metres building to 3 to 4 metres this evening then subsiding to
2 to 3 metres overnight.

Saturday..Winds southwest 15 knots diminishing to light early in the
morning. Winds increasing to southeast 25 in the afternoon and to
southeast 35 in the evening. Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 1 to 2
metres early in the morning then building to 3 to 5 metres in the
evening.

Sunday..Winds southwest 35 to 45 knots diminishing to westerly 25 to
35 in the morning then diminishing to northwest 25 in the afternoon.
Sea state 5 to 7 metres diminishing to 3 to 4 metres in the
afternoon.

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