FQCN13 CYQX 301220 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:00 A.M. NDT FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 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 - EASTERN HALF. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 35 NEAR NOON SATURDAY AND TO SOUTHWEST 45 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE - WESTERN HALF. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 20 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 25 NEAR NOON THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 THIS EVENING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 LATE OVERNIGHT AND TO SOUTHWEST 35 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 45 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST GULF. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 20 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 25 THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 35 NEAR NOON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 ALONG THE NEWFOUNDLAND COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GULF - PORT AU PORT. WIND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 20 NEAR NOON THEN TO SOUTHWEST 20 THIS EVENING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 30 SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTH COAST. WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. EAST COAST - CAPE ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTH. WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO WEST 20 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. EAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. FRANCIS. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO WEST 20 THIS EVENING. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 SATURDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST COAST. WIND WEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO WEST 25 NEAR NOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 FROM JACKSON'S ARM TO HARE BAY. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. BELLE ISLE BANK. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND WEST 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 SATURDAY MORNING AND TO SOUTHWEST 35 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FUNK ISLAND BANK. WIND NORTHWEST 25 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 THIS EVENING. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR NOON SATURDAY THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 SATURDAY EVENING. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. WIND NORTHWEST 25 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 20 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND NORTHWEST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 SATURDAY. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND NORTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 SATURDAY. END