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RAMN 2017 - Part 5 - Environment Canada's Marine and Ice Warning and Forecast Programs - Radio Aids Marine Navigation 2017
RAMN 2017 - Part 5 - Environment Canada's Marine and Ice Warning and Forecast Programs
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Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) is the agency responsible for delivering Canada's weather service. The MSC offers a broad range of products and services that are designed to help mariners make informed decisions on how weather will affect them. The Canadian Coast Guard also plays an important role in disseminating forecasts and warnings, and in collecting and relaying weather information from volunteer observers and ships.
5.2 Marine Warning Program
Strong wind warning(1) Winds(2) 20 to 33 knots inclusive occurring or expected to occur in any portion of a marine area including any portion defined by a local effect or an "except" statement.
Gale warning Winds(2) 34 to 47 knots inclusive occurring or expected to occur in any portion of a marine area including any portion defined by a local effect or an "except" statement.
Storm warning Winds(2) 48 to 63 knots inclusive occurring or expected to occur in any portion of a marine area including any portion defined by a local effect or an "except" statement.
Hurricane force wind warning Winds(2) 64 knots or above occurring or expected to occur in any portion of a marine area including any portion defined by a local effect or an "except" statement.
Table 5-2 - Localized Warnings and Watches
Localized Warnings/Watches*
Waterspout watch** Advance notice of conditions that are favourable to the development of cold-air waterspouts.
High water level warning*** Issued to warn mariners and coastal populations of potentially hazardous impacts due to abnormally high water levels or waves along coastal areas.
** Waterspout warnings are not issued.
*** High water level warnings are not currently issued for Pacific and Arctic waters.
Marine weather statement Issued when deemed necessary, it provides additional information on potentially high impact marine conditions.
NAVTEX(1) International Maritime Organization (IMO)-compliant NAVigational TelEX bulletin issued with each regular marine forecast or ice forecasts in a standardized abbreviated format - see section 5.8.1 for Abbreviations.
MAFOR(1) This is a specialized coded marine forecast produced for Québec and Ontario regions.
(1) More details on NAVTEX and MAFOR are provided at Section 5.7 and 5.8.
Environment and Climate Change Canada, SMC
Great Slave Lake/Lake Athabasca/Western Arctic
Ben Lemon, PMO
Bruce Lowry, PMO
Telephone: 780-918-0402
Facsimile: 780-495-7739
Email: ben.lemon@canada.ca
Email: bruce.lowry@canada.ca
Table 5-5 - Marine Forecast Area Dividing Standards
Marine Forecast Area dividing standards
Table 5-9 - Wave Elements
thunderstorm TS
very poor* VERY POOR
good* GOOD
poor* POOR
moderate* MOD
medium ice MEDI
thick ice TKI
thin ice THI
very thick ice VTKI
Marine forecast 08:00, 16:30, 21:30 CDT/CST Manitoba
Marine weather advisory As needed MDT/MST
Iqaluit/ VFF Iqaluit FQCN36 CWNT 05:30, 17:30 EDT/EST
45140 Lake Winnipeg South Basin (moored buoy) 50.48 N 096.44 W
45141 Great Slave (moored buoy 25 nm northeast of Hay River) 61.1 N 115.19 W
45144 Lake Winnipeg North Basin (moored buoy) 53.15 N 098.15 W
45145 Lake Winnipeg between North and South Basins 51.24 N 096.420 W
45150 Great Slave (moored buoy - immediate west of InnerWhaleback Rocks) 61.55 N 113.45 W
* Winnipeg, Riverton and Long Point provide continuous broadcast of marine weather forecasts and warnings for the Manitoba Lakes, and of marine weather observations when available. Further information regarding EC’s Weatheradio network can be obtained via the Internet at http://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=792F2D20-1.
Forecast Availability Period*
Inner Whale Back Island auto-station
Regent: Fort Ross
West Baffin (northern half): Cape Liverpool
McClintock: Gateshead Island
Lake Manitoba: Oak Point
Table 5-32 -FQCN01 CWAO - Marine Forecasts and FICN01 CWIS - Ice Bulletin for METAREA XVII North of 75°N
Table 5-33 - FQCN02 CWAO - Marine Forecasts and FICN02CWIS - Ice Bulletin for METAREA XVII South of 75°N
Table 5-34 - FQCN03 CWAO - Marine Forecasts and FICN03CWIS - Ice Bulletin for METAREA XVIII North of 75°N
Table 5-35 - FQCN04 CWAO - Marine Forecasts and FICN04CWIS - Ice Bulletin for METAREA XVIII South of 75°N
Table 5-36 - FQCN05 CWAO - Marine Forecasts and FICN05 CWIS - Ice Bulletin for Northwestern Sections of METAREAIV including Hudson Bay and Approaches
Email: ec.metareas17.18@canada.ca
Additional information may be obtained by consulting the Joint Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) web site at http://weather.gmdss.org or by consulting the CCG notices to mariners (NOTMAR) web site at http://notmar.gc.ca.
Table 5-37 - Production Schedule - Text Format
Marine weather advisory As needed NDT/NST Where needed
Table 5-38 - Production Schedule - NAVTEX Format (refer to Part 2 for the MCTS broadcast schedule)
Observations available on the Environment and Climate Change Canada Weatheradio network are updated hourly and include a series of coastal stations extending around the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador to the Maritimes and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as well as offshore buoys. Marine forecast bulletins are updated at regular intervals or whenever necessary. These bulletins are available on MSC’s Automated Telephone Answering Device (ATAD), as well as Weatheradio and CCG’s Continuous Marine Broadcast (CMB).
Broadcasts can be received over most coastal areas of Newfoundland and southern Labrador, and include marine weather and ice warnings, regular marine and wave height forecasts, and synopses. Hourly updated observations from coastal stations and offshore buoys are all incorporated in the broadcast. Further information regarding EC’s Weatheradio network can be obtained via the Internet at http://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=792F2D20-1.
Table 5-39 - Newfoundland and Labrador Waters
Table 5-40 - Marine Weather Observations
The recreational program covers the waters of Bras d‘Or Lake in Cape Breton during the summer season (May 1 to October 31) and is provided as a service to recreational boaters. Recreational forecasts are issued 3 times a day.
Table 5-41 - Production Schedule - Text Format
Recreational boating marine forecast 03:00, 10:00, 15:30 ADT/AST Bras d’Or Lakes
Marine weather advisory As needed ADT/AST Maritimes
Table 5-42 - Production Schedule - NAVTEX Format (refer to Part 2 for the MCTS broadcast schedule)
Table 5-43 - Moored Buoys - Positions North-WestAtlantic Ocean
Moored Buoys - Positions North-WestAtlantic Ocean
44138 SW Grand Banks 44.251 N 53.633 W
44140 Tail of the Grand Banks 42.868 N 51.467 W
44141 Laurentian Fan 42.993 N 57.958 W
44251 Nickerson Bank 46.444 N 53.392 W
44255 NE Burgeo Bank 47.267 N 57.336 W
Table 5-44 - Maritime Waters
Table 5-45 - Marine Weather Observations
Table 5-46 - Production Schedule - Text Format
Marine weather statement As needed Where needed
Marine weather advisory As needed Where needed
Table 5-47 - Production Schedule - NAVTEX Format (refer to Part 2 for the MCTS broadcast schedule)
Québec 162.550 Gaspé(Pudding Stone)* 162.550
Mont Valin 162.550 Kegaska* 162.475
Sept-Îles (Pointe Noire) 162.550 Magdalen Islands* 162.550
* Also broadcast marine forecasts issued from Environment and Climate Change Canada - Atlantic Region (refer to the Maritimes Region and the Newfoundland and Labrador Region).
Table 5-48 - Québec Waters
301 Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - northern half 384 Richelieu and Northern Lake Champlain
302 Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - southern half 385 Lake Memphrémagog - northern half
313 Pointe à Michel to Pointe-des-Monts 386 Lake Saint-Jean
303 Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
304 Saguenay to Tadoussac
305 L’Isle-aux-Coudres to Tadoussac
306 Donnacona to Beauport
307 Trois-Rivières to Donnacona
308 Montréal to Trois-Rivières
309 Cornwall to Montréal
314 Beauport to L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Table 5-49 - Marine Weather Observations - St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers
Table 5-50 - Production Schedule - Text Format
Table 5-51 - Production Schedule - NAVTEX Format (refer to Part 2 for the MCTS broadcast schedule)
Table 5-52 - Canadian Buoys
Table 5-53 – United States Buoys
Table 5-54 - Ontario Waters
406 Georgian Bay
407 Whitefish Bay
408 Lake Superior
Table 5-55 - Marine Weather Observations(1) - St.Lawrence River and Great Lakes
Grenadier Islands
(1) Reports are broadcast only when available. Reports from platforms such as buoys or ships are also broadcast when available.
Table 5-56 - Production Schedule - Text Format
Marine weather advisory As needed PDT/PST Pacific waters
Table 5-57 - Production Schedule - NAVTEX format (refer to Part 2 for the MCTS broadcast schedule)
Vancouver - Victoria XKK506 162.400 Continuous broadcast
Further information regarding EC’s Weatheradio network can be obtained via the Internet at
Table 5-58 - Buoy Positions – Northeast Pacific
Table 5-59 - Pacific Waters
005 Queen Charlotte Sound 008 Juan de Fuca Strait
014 Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island 009 Haro Strait
015 Hecate Strait 010 Howe Sound
016 Dixon Entrance East 011 Strait of Georgia
017 Douglas Channel 012 Johnstone Strait
013 Queen Charlotte Strait
Table 5-60 - Lighthouse Reports, (Type L), Automatic Reporting Stations (Type A), Ocean Buoys reports (Type B)
Ice forecasts are produced where there is marine activity. The intent is to advise users of ice conditions including warnings that are in effect or that could develop during the day, the evening and the following day, in marine areas. Forecasts also provide a point by point description of the ice edge.
The iceberg bulletin is produced once a day. The purpose is to convey routine, general information on the iceberg distribution off the Canadian East Coast. The bulletin provides the estimated limit of all known icebergs and a general description of the number of icebergs for each marine area.
Table 5-61 - Production Schedule - Ice Bulletins Text Format
11:00 EDT/EST Hudson and Foxe
11:00 EDT/EST Eastern and Northern Arctic
10:00 EDT/EST Gulf of St. Lawrence
10:00 EDT/EST East Newfoundland and Labrador waters
12:00 EDT/EST Great Lakes
Table 5-62 - Production Schedule - NAVTEX Format
Iqaluit/VFF Iqaluit *FICN36 CWIS 07:00, 19:00 UTC
* Ice NAVTEX FICN36 is being broadcast from Iqaluit MCTS since November 20, 2013.
Table 5-63 - Ice Warning Criteria
Current ice charts are produced daily. The area covered by the chart depends on the time of the season and these charts are normally broadcast at times specified in tables below.
5.15.6 Ice Areas
Areas for which ice forecasts apply are identical to the marine forecasts areas. In addition to these, ice forecasts will cover Lake Michigan and the U.S. portion of the Great Lakes and may cover 3 areas along the East Coast (501 to 503).
Figure 5-9 - Ice Information Areas: Eastern and Northern Canada
Text description of Figure 5-9 Ice information areas for Eastern and Northern Canada
5.15.7 Ice charts
http://www.ec.gc.ca/glaces-ice/default.asp?lang=En&n=B6C654BB-1#daily_ice
The following list describes ice charts produced to support marine activities which are available for broadcast. All available charts can be transmitted or re-transmitted on request. MCTS broadcast times are found in Part 2.
Table 5-64 - Ice Charts Listing
Eureka Iqaluit (Resolute) MCTS *On request
Parry Channel Iqaluit (Resolute) MCTS *On request
M’Clure Strait Iqaluit (Resolute) MCTS *On request
Byam - Resolute Iqaluit (Resolute) MCTS *On request
Bering Strait Iqaluit MCTS *On request
Chukchi Iqaluit MCTS *On request
Nunivak Iqaluit MCTS *On request
Canada Basin Iqaluit MCTS *On request
Alert Iqaluit MCTS *On request
Nome Iqaluit MCTS *On request
Arctic Ocean Iqaluit MCTS *On request
North Pole Iqaluit MCTS *On request
*On request: Ice charts for Canadian Waters available upon request to MCTS with at least 5-day prior notice.
Table 5-65 - Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Forces Fleet MetOc Radio Facsimile Stations