FQCN13 CYQX 210629 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:00 A.M. NST FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2025 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 - EASTERN HALF. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS MORNING AND TO NORTH 25 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BACKING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN TO WEST 10 TO 15 SATURDAY EVENING. OVER OPEN WATER FREEZING SPRAY BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND ENDING SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 5 FALLING TO MINUS 10 THIS AFTERNOON. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE - WESTERN HALF. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN BACKING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OVER OPEN WATER RISK OF FREEZING SPRAY OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES NEAR MINUS 10. NORTHEAST GULF. WIND NORTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTH 15 TO 20 THIS MORNING AND TO NORTH 25 THIS EVENING. WIND BACKING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 SATURDAY MORNING. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RISK OF FREEZING SPRAY TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 10 TO MINUS 3 FALLING TO MINUS 14 TO MINUS 7 SATURDAY MORNING. GULF - PORT AU PORT. WIND NORTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTH 15 TO 20 THIS MORNING AND TO NORTH 25 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BACKING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. RISK OF FREEZING SPRAY TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 5 TO ZERO FALLING TO MINUS 10 TO MINUS 3 THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS EARLY THIS MORNING THEN BACKING TO NORTH 25 NEAR NOON. WIND BACKING TO NORTHWEST 20 SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 4 TO MINUS 1. SOUTH COAST. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING AND TO NORTH 35 TO 45 THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 55 NEAR CAPE RACE. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW. TEMPERATURES NEAR MINUS 2. EAST COAST - CAPE ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTH. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO EAST 25 THIS MORNING AND TO NORTH 35 TO 45 THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 55 ALONG THE COAST. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 35 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW. TEMPERATURES ZERO FALLING TO MINUS 5 SATURDAY MORNING. EAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. FRANCIS. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING AND TO NORTHEAST 25 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 35 THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 45 ALONG THE COAST OVERNIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING AND TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. RISK OF FREEZING SPRAY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ZERO FALLING TO MINUS 5 SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST COAST. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS NEAR NOON AND TO NORTH 30 EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND BACKING TO NORTHWEST 25 OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLURRIES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. OVER OPEN WATER FREEZING SPRAY BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 4 BECOMING MINUS 10 TO MINUS 4 THIS EVENING. BELLE ISLE BANK. FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTH 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN BACKING TO NORTHWEST 25 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND NORTHWEST 25 SATURDAY. FLURRIES ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT. FREEZING SPRAY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS TODAY AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES MINUS 6 TO ZERO. FUNK ISLAND BANK. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHEAST 35 THIS EVENING. WIND BACKING TO NORTHWEST 35 OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 25 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING CHANGING TO FLURRIES SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES MINUS 4 TO ZERO. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO EAST 25 THIS MORNING AND TO NORTHEAST 35 THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 35 OVER SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 25 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW OR RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON CHANGING TO FLURRIES SATURDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. STORM WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO EAST 25 EARLY THIS MORNING AND TO EAST 35 TO 45 LATE THIS MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 55 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 35 TO 45 OVERNIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING AND TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW OR RAIN BEGINNING EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING RAIN NEAR NOON THEN FLURRIES NEAR MIDNIGHT AND ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES PLUS 4 FALLING TO MINUS 1 SATURDAY EVENING. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND EAST 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO EAST 35 EARLY THIS MORNING AND TO SOUTHWEST 55 TO 65 NEAR NOON EXCEPT NORTHEAST 45 TO 55 OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 45 TO 55 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 LATE THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO NORTHWEST 20 SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW OR RAIN CHANGING TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING AND ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN PRECIPITATION. END