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Marine Forecast

Issued 03:00 AM NST 06 December 2023

Today Tonight and Thursday.

Wind northwest 20 knots backing to west 25 near noon then veering to northwest 15 to 20 this evening. Wind increasing to northwest 25 Thursday afternoon.

Flurries ending Thursday morning. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.

Temperatures near zero.

Waves

Issued 06:00 AM NST 06 December 2023
Today Tonight and Thursday. Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 this afternoon then subsiding to 1 to 2 near midnight. Seas building to 2 to 3 Thursday evening.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:00 AM NST 06 December 2023
Friday Wind northwest 35 knots.
Saturday Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northwest 25.
Sunday Wind variable 10 to 15 knots.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 5 December 2023 Today Tonight and Wednesday 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 Conditions

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EST 5 December 2023 Today Tonight and Wednesday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from Quebec near 4831N 6828W to 4819N 6903W
to 4824N 6911W to Quebec near 4918N 6741W. Sea ice south then
northwest of the ice edge.

Second ice edge estimated from Quebec near 5002N 6644W to Anticosti
near 4934N 6344W. Sea ice north of the ice edge.

Third ice edge estimated from Anticosti 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.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 5 December 2023

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 6 Dec estimated from the Labrador coast
near 5240N 5548W to 5315N 5415W to 5700N 5415W to 5830N 5630W to
6050N 5630W then eastwards.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs.
Warnings

No watches or warnings in effect.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 3:00 AM NST 6 December 2023 Today Tonight and Thursday At 3:00 a.m. NST Thursday deepening low 978 mb located southwest
of the Grand Banks.
By 3:00 a.m. NST Friday deepening low 948 mb located east of the
Grand Banks.

At 3:00 a.m. NST Thursday approaching low 972 mb located south
of Greenland.

At 3:00 a.m. NST today trough located on a line east-west over
Labrador Coast.
By 3:00 a.m. NST Thursday dissipating trough located on a line
northeast-southwest over Northeast Gulf.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 2:49 AM NST 6 December 2023 A low pressure system will approach the marine district from the
northeast on Thursday. At the same time, a second low pressure system
will approach the Grand Banks from the southwest and rapidly deepen
as it tracks to the east of the marine district. Strong to gale force
north to northwesterlies will develop over all waters with these two
systems.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Strait of Belle Isle - eastern half, East Coast - north of Cape St.
Francis, Northeast Coast, Belle Isle Bank, Funk Island Bank, and the
Grand Banks.

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