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Issued 10:00 AM AST 08 December 2023

Today Tonight and Saturday.

Wind northwest 25 knots diminishing to northwest 15 to 20 late overnight and to light near noon Saturday.

Waves

Issued 05:00 AM AST 08 December 2023

West Scotian Slope - northern half

Today Tonight and Saturday. Seas 1 to 2 metres subsiding to 1 or less Saturday afternoon.

West Scotian Slope - southern half

Today Tonight and Saturday. Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 1 to 2 this evening and to 1 or less Saturday afternoon.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:00 AM AST 08 December 2023
Sunday Wind southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Monday Wind south 45 knots diminishing to west 30 late in the day.
Tuesday Wind west 25 knots diminishing to west 15.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 8 December 2023 Today Tonight and Saturday 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 8 December 2023 Today Tonight and Saturday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4548N 6308W to Prince
Edward Island near 4608N 6314W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Second ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4644N 6424W
to 4827N 6405W to Quebec near 4845N 6410W. Sea ice west of the ice
edge.

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

Fourth 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.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 7 December 2023

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 8 Dec estimated from the Labrador coast
near 5240N 5548W to 5315N 5400W to 5630N 5400W 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 10:00 AM AST 8 December 2023 Today Tonight and Saturday At 10:00 a.m. AST today low 950 mb located northeast of
Newfoundland.
By 8:00 p.m. AST Saturday departing low 964 mb located east of
the Grand Banks.

At 10:00 a.m. AST today ridge located over Quebec.
By 8:00 p.m. AST Saturday ridge located on a line north-south over
the central Marine District.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 9:38 AM AST 8 December 2023 Gale force northwesterly winds over northern and eastern waters in
the wake of an intense low pressure system northeast of Newfoundland
will gradually diminish tonight and Saturday as a ridge of high
pressure builds in from the west.

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

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