FQCN20 CYQX 010522 MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:52 A.M. NDT WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 2024. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE GRAND BANKS TONIGHT THEN STALL. A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE LOW WILL RETROGRADE SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WATERS ON THURSDAY. THE TROUGH COMBINED WITH A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE DISTRICT WILL SPREAD STRONG TO GALE FORCE NORTHEASTERLIES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED THAT GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE AND GULF WATERS. END/