FQCN13 CYQX 261220 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:00 A.M. NDT FRIDAY 26 JULY 2024 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 3:30 P.M. NDT. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS EXCEPT SOUTH 20 OVER WESTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO NORTH 25 THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 OVER WESTERN SECTIONS. WIND DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING. FOG BANKS DISSIPATING THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST GULF. WIND SOUTH 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR NOON SATURDAY AND TO SOUTHWEST 25 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOG BANKS DISSIPATING THIS AFTERNOON. GULF - PORT AU PORT. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS BECOMING SHOWERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND ENDING THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING VARIABLE 10 TO 15 NEAR NOON THEN BECOMING WEST 15 THIS EVENING. WIND VEERING TO NORTH 15 LATE OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT NEAR NOON SATURDAY. WIND BECOMING WEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. FOG BANKS DISSIPATING SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTH COAST EAST COAST - CAPE ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTH. WIND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING VARIABLE 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING LIGHT NEAR NOON SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. EAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. FRANCIS. WIND SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN TO NORTHWEST 15 SATURDAY MORNING. WIND DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST COAST. WIND SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS EXCEPT LIGHT OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE THIS MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO NORTH 25 THIS EVENING THEN BACKING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 SATURDAY MORNING THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING OVERNIGHT. BELLE ISLE BANK. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTH 15 TO 20 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING OVERNIGHT. FUNK ISLAND BANK. WIND SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 SATURDAY MORNING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. FOG BANKS DISSIPATING SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 TO 15 OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND VARIABLE 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO WEST 25 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 TO 20 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT AND TO LIGHT SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. END