Laurentian Fan
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM ADT 14 October 2026
Tonight and Thursday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind southerly 35 knots diminishing to westerly 25 early Thursday morning then increasing to northwest 35 Thursday afternoon.
Rain with a risk of thunderstorms changing to showers Thursday morning. Fog patches forming this evening and dissipating early Thursday morning.
Waves
Issued 05:00 PM ADT 14 October 2026
Tonight and Thursday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 5 Thursday
afternoon.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 14 October 2026
Friday
Wind northwest 30 knots diminishing to west 15
in the afternoon then backing to south 20 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind southwest 40 knots diminishing to
northwest 25.
Sunday
Wind northwesterly 25 knots.
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Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 19 May 2026 Forecasts have ended for the season.Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 2:30 PM EDT 14 October 2026Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 15 Oct estimated from Newfoundland near4903N 5337W to 5130N 5015W to 5315N 5015W to 6000N 5800W to 6125N
5445W to 6000N 5000W then eastward.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Laurentian Fan
Issued 8:00 PM ADT 14 October 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.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM ADT 14 October 2026 Tonight and Thursday At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight deepening low 999 mb located over thesoutheastern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
By 8:00 p.m. ADT Thursday low 984 mb located northeast of
Newfoundland.
At 8:00 p.m. ADT Thursday approaching ridge located west of the
Marine District.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:46 PM ADT 14 October 2026 A low pressure system over the Gulf of St. Lawrence will continue totrack northeastward throughout the forecast period to lie northeast
of Newfoundland by Thursday evening. Strong to gale force south to
southeast winds ahead of the low will shift to strong to gale force
northwesterlies in its wake.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
eastern shore - eastern half, Sable - eastern half, East Scotian
Slope - eastern half, Fourchu, Banquereau, Laurentian Fan, Cabot
Strait, Northumberland Strait, Gulf-Magdalen, Chaleur-Miscou -
eastern half, and Anticosti.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti - eastern half
- Anticosti - western half
- 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 - eastern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - western 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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