FQCN13 CYQX 131220 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:00 A.M. NDT THURSDAY 13 AUGUST 2026 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. 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. WIND NORTHWEST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SHOWERS THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES FORMING OVERNIGHT. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE - WESTERN HALF. WIND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING LIGHT FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS TONIGHT. FOG PATCHES FORMING OVERNIGHT AND DISSIPATING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST GULF. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND LIGHT FRIDAY. SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. FOG PATCHES FORMING NEAR MIDNIGHT AND DISSIPATING NEAR NOON FRIDAY. GULF - PORT AU PORT. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND WEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON THEN TO SOUTHEAST 20 FRIDAY MORNING. WIND DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 FRIDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING. SOUTH COAST. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH 10 TO 15 FRIDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING. EAST COAST. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 TO 15 OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT THEN BACKING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 NEAR NOON FRIDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN FRIDAY. FOG BANKS FORMING NEAR MIDNIGHT. NORTHEAST COAST. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO EAST 10 TO 15 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES ENDING NEAR NOON. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG PATCHES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BELLE ISLE BANK. WIND VARIABLE 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 25 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 NEAR NOON FRIDAY. RAIN WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS CHANGING TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. FOG BANKS DISSIPATING THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES FORMING FRIDAY MORNING. FUNK ISLAND BANK. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BACKING TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG BANKS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THEN TO SOUTHEAST 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN FRIDAY. FOG BANKS FORMING OVERNIGHT. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND WEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN TO SOUTHEAST 20 FRIDAY MORNING. WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN FRIDAY. FOG BANKS FORMING NEAR MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND WEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING THEN TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG PATCHES OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. END