FQCN13 CYQX 161220 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:00 A.M. NDT WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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 LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS NEAR NOON THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 25 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 30 NEAR NOON THURSDAY. SNOW OR RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN PRECIPITATION. NORTHEAST GULF. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON AND TO SOUTH 35 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 25 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO SOUTH 25 NEAR NOON THURSDAY. SNOW OR RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING. FLURRIES OR SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN PRECIPITATION. GULF - PORT AU PORT. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTHEAST 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 35 NEAR NOON EXCEPT NORTHEAST 25 OVER NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW OR RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING. FLURRIES OR SHOWERS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN PRECIPITATION. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 25 NEAR NOON THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR NOON THURSDAY. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 THURSDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG BANKS ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH COAST. WIND SOUTHEAST 25 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. FOG DISSIPATING EARLY THIS EVENING. EAST COAST - CAPE ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTH. WIND SOUTH 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 25 NEAR NOON THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 THURSDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING. FOG DISSIPATING THURSDAY MORNING. EAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. FRANCIS. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 25 KNOTS NEAR NOON THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 25 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 THURSDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING. FOG BANKS FORMING THIS AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATING THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST COAST. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 25 KNOTS NEAR NOON THEN VEERING TO SOUTH 25 THIS EVENING. WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES FORMING NEAR NOON AND DISSIPATING THIS EVENING. BELLE ISLE BANK. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON AND TO SOUTHEAST 25 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND VEERING TO SOUTH 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 THURSDAY. SNOW OR RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO. FUNK ISLAND BANK. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 25 THIS AFTERNOON THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 THURSDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FOG DISSIPATING NEAR MIDNIGHT. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 25 THIS AFTERNOON THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO LIGHT THURSDAY MORNING EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 20 OVER NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 NEAR NOON THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO LIGHT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 THURSDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG ENDING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. END