FQCN13 CYQX 010627 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:00 A.M. NST FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2024 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 10:00 A.M. NST. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 20 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN BACKING TO WEST 25 NEAR NOON. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES ENDING NEAR NOON. OVER OPEN WATER FREEZING SPRAY. TEMPERATURES MINUS 14 RISING TO MINUS 7 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST GULF. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 20 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FLURRIES. OVER OPEN WATER FREEZING SPRAY ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES MINUS 12 RISING TO MINUS 2 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GULF - PORT AU PORT. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 30 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FLURRIES. FREEZING SPRAY ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES MINUS 10 RISING TO ZERO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST COAST. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 25 OVERNIGHT THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FLURRIES. FREEZING SPRAY ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 6 RISING TO ZERO SATURDAY EVENING. SOUTH COAST. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FLURRIES. FREEZING SPRAY BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ZERO FALLING TO MINUS 5 THIS MORNING THEN RISING TO ZERO SATURDAY EVENING. EAST COAST. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING. FLURRIES ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FLURRIES. FREEZING SPRAY OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ZERO FALLING TO MINUS 7 TO MINUS 3 THIS MORNING. NORTHEAST COAST. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 25 SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FLURRIES. OVER OPEN WATER FREEZING SPRAY ENDING SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 8 RISING TO MINUS 3 SATURDAY EVENING. BELLE ISLE BANK. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS EXCEPT SOUTH 35 OVER SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING WEST 25 THIS MORNING. WIND WEST 25 TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. RAIN OR SNOW AND FOG PATCHES CHANGING TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FOG PATCHES AND IN FLURRIES. OVER OPEN WATER FREEZING SPRAY BEGINNING THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ZERO FALLING TO MINUS 12 TO MINUS 4 THIS MORNING. FUNK ISLAND BANK. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTH 35 KNOTS VEERING TO WEST 25 TO 35 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 25 SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES CHANGING TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FOG PATCHES AND IN FLURRIES. OVER OPEN WATER FREEZING SPRAY BEGINNING THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES PLUS 4 FALLING TO MINUS 8 TO MINUS 3 THIS MORNING. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTH 35 KNOTS VEERING TO WEST 25 TO 35 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 25 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES CHANGING TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FOG PATCHES AND IN FLURRIES. FREEZING SPRAY OVER NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES PLUS 4 FALLING TO MINUS 5 TO MINUS 1 THIS MORNING. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTH 35 KNOTS VEERING TO WEST 25 TO 35 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 25 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES CHANGING TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FOG PATCHES AND IN FLURRIES. TEMPERATURES PLUS 5 FALLING TO MINUS 3 TO ZERO THIS MORNING. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 25 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FLURRIES. FREEZING SPRAY OVER NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES PLUS 2 FALLING TO MINUS 4 TO ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. END