FQCN13 CYQX 100520 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:00 A.M. NDT FRIDAY 10 MAY 2013 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 10:00 A.M. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE - EASTERN HALF. WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 25 THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS CHANGING TO SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES PLUS 4 FALLING TO MINUS 1 THIS 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 TODAY. WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 25 EARLY THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. SOUTH COAST. WIND SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 THIS MORNING AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 35 ALONG THE COAST TODAY. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 OVERNIGHT AND TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS. EAST COAST - CAPE ST. FRANCIS AND SOUTH. WIND SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 THIS MORNING AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 35 ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS. EAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. FRANCIS. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 35 ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST COAST - CAPE ST. JOHN AND SOUTH. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS AND LOCALLY GUSTS TO 35 ALONG THE COAST TODAY. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 20 SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATING SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST COAST - NORTH OF CAPE ST. JOHN. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 20 EARLY THIS EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATING SATURDAY MORNING. BELLE ISLE BANK - NORTHERN HALF. WIND VARIABLE 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLURRIES AND SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES PLUS 4 FALLING TO MINUS 1 THIS EVENING. BELLE ISLE BANK - SOUTHERN HALF. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 THIS EVENING. FLURRIES AND SHOWERS AND FOG BANKS ENDING OVERNIGHT. FUNK ISLAND BANK - NORTHERN HALF. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 20 SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FOG BANKS DISSIPATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FUNK ISLAND BANK - SOUTHERN HALF. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS MORNING. FOG BANKS. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 NEAR NOON. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. FOG BANKS. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTH 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. FOG BANKS. END