FPCN21 CYQX 030630 PAA MARINE FORECAST FOR LABRADOR ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4.00 AM NDT ON FRIDAY 03 OCTOBER 2003 FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 9.30 AM. LAKE MELVILLE. WINDS LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING THEN SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 15 THIS EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN BEGINNING THIS MORNING ENDING THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY FAIR IN RAIN. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. SOUTH LABRADOR COAST. GALE WARNING CONTINUED. WINDS EASTERLY 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO EASTERLY 20 TO 25 THIS AFTERNOON AND TO SOUTHWEST GALES 35 TO 45 THIS EVENING. GALES DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY WINDS 20 OVERNIGHT AND TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES ENDING THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY POOR IN RAIN AND FOG. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. MID LABRADOR COAST NORTH LABRADOR COAST. GALE WARNING ISSUED. WINDS LIGHT INCREASING TO EASTERLY 15 TO 20 KNOTS EARLY THIS MORNING THEN BACKING TO NORTHEAST 15 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASING TO NORTHERLY 30 THIS EVENING THEN BACKING TO NORTHWEST GALES 35 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY WINDS 20 SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING THIS MORNING ENDING OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY POOR IN RAIN AND FOG. TURNING COOLER ON SATURDAY. SOUTH LABRADOR SEA SOUTHERN HALF. STORM WARNING ISSUED. WINDS EASTERLY 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO EASTERLY 25 THIS AFTERNOON AND TO SOUTHERLY GALES 35 THIS EVENING. GALES INCREASING TO WESTERLY GALES 50 NEAR MIDNIGHT. GALES DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY WINDS 30 SATURDAY MORNING AND TO WESTERLY 15 NEAR NOON SATURDAY AND TO LIGHT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING THIS MORNING ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITY POOR IN RAIN AND FOG. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. SOUTH LABRADOR SEA NORTHERN HALF NORTHWEST LABRADOR SEA SOUTHERN HALF. STORM WARNING ISSUED. WINDS LIGHT INCREASING TO EASTERLY 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING AND TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO GALES 35 EARLY THIS EVENING. GALES INCREASING TO NORTHWEST GALES 40 TO 50 OVERNIGHT. GALES DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY GALES 35 NEAR NOON SATURDAY AND TO WESTERLY WINDS 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO LIGHT SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON ENDING OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY POOR IN RAIN AND FOG. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. NORTHWEST LABRADOR SEA NORTHERN HALF. GALE WARNING ISSUED. WINDS LIGHT BECOMING EASTERLY 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 25 THIS EVENING. WINDS INCREASING TO NORTHERLY GALES 35 OVERNIGHT. GALES DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY WINDS 25 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO LIGHT SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING THIS EVENING ENDING OVERNIGHT. FOG PATCHES BECOMING FOG BANKS THIS EVENING LIFTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY FAIR IN RAIN AND POOR IN FOG. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. EAST LABRADOR SEA SOUTHERN HALF. GALE WARNING UPGRADED TO STORM WARNING. WINDS LIGHT BECOMING EASTERLY 15 KNOTS LATE THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO EASTERLY 25 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASING TO SOUTHERLY GALES 35 THIS EVENING AND TO WESTERLY GALES 45 TO 55 OVERNIGHT. GALES DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST GALES 35 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO LIGHT SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON ENDING OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY POOR IN RAIN AND FOG. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE.