FQCN20 CWHX 211345 MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE MARITIMES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9:45 A.M. AST FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2025. AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAURENTIAN FAN WILL TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TODAY TO LIE EAST OF THE DISTRICT BY THIS AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS NORTH OF THE LOW SHIFT TO GALE TO STORM FORCE NORTHERLIES WEST OF IT. STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WATERS JUST SOUTH OF THE LOW. MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED THAT A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAURENTIAN FAN - SOUTHERN HALF. A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAURENTIAN FAN - NORTHERN HALF. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SABLE - EASTERN HALF. EAST SCOTIAN SLOPE - EASTERN HALF AND BANQUEREAU - SOUTHERN HALF. FREEZING SPRAY WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SHORE - EASTERN HALF, FOURCHU, CABOT STRAIT, GULF-MAGDALEN, CHALEUR-MISCOU AND ANTICOSTI. END/