FQCN13 CYQX 091753 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:30 P.M. NDT THURSDAY 9 MAY 2013 FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 8:00 P.M. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE - EASTERN HALF BELLE ISLE BANK - NORTHERN HALF. WIND VARIABLE 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTH 20 NEAR NOON FRIDAY. FLURRIES AND SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES PLUS 4 FALLING TO MINUS 1 FRIDAY EVENING. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE - WESTERN HALF NORTHEAST GULF GULF - PORT AU PORT. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 35 ALONG THE NEWFOUNDLAND COAST. WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 25 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. FOG BANKS. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND SOUTH 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 LATE OVERNIGHT. DRIZZLE CHANGING TO SHOWERS LATE OVERNIGHT. FOG BANKS. SOUTH COAST EAST COAST - CAPE ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTH. WIND SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 FRIDAY MORNING AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 35 ALONG THE COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIZZLE CHANGING TO SHOWERS LATE OVERNIGHT. FOG BANKS. EAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. FRANCIS NORTHEAST COAST - CAPE ST. JOHN AND SOUTH. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 35 ALONG THE COAST. SHOWERS BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. JOHN. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KNOTS AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 45 FROM JACKSON'S ARM TO HARE BAY. WIND DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTH 20 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS BEGINNING LATE OVERNIGHT. BELLE ISLE BANK - SOUTHERN HALF. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 LATE OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FLURRIES AND SHOWERS. FUNK ISLAND BANK. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS. SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 NEAR NOON FRIDAY. SHOWERS BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS FRIDAY MORNING AND TO SOUTH 15 TO 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTH 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 NEAR NOON FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. END