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Halifax Harbour and Approaches

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Marine Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM AST 07 December 2023

Tonight and Friday.

Wind northwest 15 knots increasing to northwest 20 early Friday afternoon.

Low tonight minus 5. High Friday plus 2.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM AST 07 December 2023
Saturday Wind northwest 20 knots diminishing to light in the afternoon.
Sunday Wind south 10 to 15 knots increasing to southerly 20.
Monday Wind south 45 knots diminishing to west 25 late in the day.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 7 December 2023 Today Tonight and Friday 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 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 Charlo Miramichi Fundy Park (Alma) Grand Manan Kouchibouguac 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 7 December 2023 Today Tonight and Friday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from New Brunswick near 4614N 6417W to
4649N 6445W to 4727N 6441W to 4827N 6405W to Quebec near 4845N
6410W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Second ice edge estimated from Quebec near 4845N 6751W to 4951N
6624W to Anticosti Island near 4945N 6414W. Sea ice north of the ice
edge.

Third ice edge estimated from Anticosti Island near 4952N 6343W to
5002N 6322W to 4952N 6128W to 5001N 5941W to Quebec near 5125N
5737W. Sea ice north of the ice edge.

Ice Coverage

Ice free.

Warnings

No watches or warnings in effect.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 3:30 PM AST 7 December 2023 Tonight and Friday At 3:30 p.m. AST today quasi-stationary high 1018 mb located
over Quebec.

At 3:30 p.m. AST today deepening low 961 mb located east of the
Grand Banks.
By 3:00 a.m. AST Friday low 947 mb located northeast of the
Grand Banks.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:12 PM AST 7 December 2023 A low pressure system east of the Grand Banks will continue to deepen
as it tracks north-northeast today and Friday. Gale force
northwesterlies will develop over eastern waters tonight and Friday
in its wake.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Banquereau, Laurentian Fan, Cabot Strait, Gulf - Magdalen, and
Anticosti.

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