Gulf - Port au Port
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM NDT 11 April 2026
Tonight and Sunday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northeast 35 knots except light over southern sections. Wind becoming northwest 35 early Sunday morning then diminishing to northwest 25 Sunday evening.
Rain or snow becoming snow overnight and ending Sunday afternoon. Fog banks dissipating Sunday morning. Visibility 1 mile or less in fog banks and in snow.
Temperatures near zero.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 11 April 2026 Today Tonight and SundayIce Edge
Ice edge estimated from Cape Breton Island near 4607N 5949W to 4606N5926W to 4712N 5933W to Newfoundland near 4753N 5924W. Sea ice west
of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water. Consolidated rotten first-year ice along parts of the
coasts.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 2:30 PM EDT 11 April 2026Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 12 Apr estimated from Newfoundland near4655N 5400W to 4510N 5245W to 4505N 4650W to 4620N 4255W to 5000N
4425W to 5305N 4755W to 5900N 5600W to 6015N 5245W to 5735N 4735W
then eastward.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Gulf - Port au Port
Issued 3:30 PM NDT 11 April 2026'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 3:30 PM NDT 11 April 2026 Tonight and Sunday At 3:30 p.m. NDT today deepening low 1008 mb located over the Gulfof St. Lawrence.
By 3:30 p.m. NDT Sunday merging low 989 mb located east of Funk
Island Bank.
At 3:30 p.m. NDT today deepening low 1002 mb located south of the
Grand Banks.
By 3:30 p.m. NDT Sunday merging low 989 mb located east of Funk
Island Bank.
At 3:30 p.m. NDT today ridge located on a line east-west over Funk
Island Bank.
By 8:00 p.m. NDT tonight dissipating ridge located on a line
east-west over Belle Isle Bank.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:27 PM NDT 11 April 2026 A deepening low pressure system over the Gulf of St. Lawrence willtrack eastward across Newfoundland tonight and Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, a second deepening low pressure system will approach from
the south and track across the Grand Banks. By Sunday afternoon, both
systems are expected to merge into an intense low pressure system
that will remain nearly stationary just east of Funk Island Bank.
Gale force northeasterlies to northwesterlies will develop in the
vicinity of the first low over the Gulf waters this evening, while
gale force southerlies to westerlies develop over the Grand Banks
with the second low. As the lows merge on Sunday, gale force
southwesterlies to northwesterlies will spread to all remaining
waters.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for all
waters.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait - northern half
- Cabot Strait - southern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - eastern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - western half
- 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 - northwestern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - southeastern half
- 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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