Northumberland Strait - eastern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM AST 13 December 2025
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Wind west 20 knots backing to southwest 15 this evening then diminishing to light after midnight. Wind increasing to north 20 Sunday evening.
Flurries this morning overnight and Sunday. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.
Temperatures near plus 1.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:00 AM AST 13 December 2025
Monday
Wind northerly 25 knots increasing to northerly
40 in the afternoon.
Tuesday
Wind northwest 35 knots diminishing to
northwesterly 25.
Wednesday
Wind southwest 20 to 25 knots.
Ice Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM EST 13 December 2025 Today Tonight and Sunday Open water except 2 tenths grey ice along parts of the coasts.
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 13 December 2025 Today Tonight and SundayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from 4723N 6136W to 4738N 6112W to 4744N6124W to 4734N 6159W to 4706N 6212W to 4706N 6147W to 4723N 6136W.
Sea ice within the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4551N 6201W to
Prince Edward Island near 4621N 6211W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4628N 6231W
to 4640N 6329W to 4736N 6409W to 4904N 6404W to 4925N 6516W to 4916N
6703W to 4956N 6635W to Anticosti Island near 4924N 6336W. Sea ice
west then north of the ice edge.
Fourth ice edge estimated from Anticosti Island near 4945N 6301W to
4946N 5954W to 5106N 5804W to Newfoundland near 5029N 5728W. Sea ice
north of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water except 2 tenths grey ice along parts of the coasts.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:00 AM AST 13 December 2025 Today Tonight and Sunday At 10:00 a.m. AST today departing low 956 mb located east ofLabrador Sea.
At 3:30 p.m. AST Sunday low 1003 mb located southwest of Georges
Bank.
By 8:00 p.m. AST Sunday low 996 mb located over West Scotian Slope.
At 10:00 a.m. AST today ridge located from Quebec to the Gulf
of Maine.
By 8:00 p.m. AST tonight weakening ridge located from New Brunswick
to East Scotian Slope.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:28 AM AST 13 December 2025 An intense low pressure system east of the Labrador Sea will continueslowly tracking eastward today. Strong to gale force westerly winds
will diminish through the day today.
A second low pressure system will approach the slope waters from the
southwest on Sunday and will lie over West Scotian Slope Sunday
evening. Strong to gale force southwest winds are forecast southeast
of the low with strong to possibly gale force northerly winds
expected to the northwest of it.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
East Scotian Slope - southern half, Banquereau, Laurentian Fan, and
Cabot Strait - northern half.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait - northern half
- Cabot Strait - southern half
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Eastern Shore - eastern half
- Eastern Shore - western half
- East Coast
- East Scotian Slope - northern half
- East Scotian Slope - southern half
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank - northern half
- Georges Bank - southern half
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan - northern half
- Laurentian Fan - southern half
- 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 - northern half
- West Scotian Slope - southern half
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