FQCN20 CYQX 251858 MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:28 P.M. NST THURSDAY 25 DECEMBER 2025. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE AVALON PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO LIE OVER BELLE ISLE BANK FRIDAY MORNING. GALE TO STORM FORCE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEASTERLIES AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL SHIFT TO GALE TO STORM FORCE NORTH TO SOUTHWESTERLIES IN ITS WAKE. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA THIS EVENING, DEEPEN, AND TRACK EASTWARD TO LIE OVER THE SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS FRIDAY EVENING. GALE TO STORM FORCE SOUTHEAST TO NORTHEASTERLIES WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN WATERS AHEAD OF THIS LOW. MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED THAT STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS EXCEPT GULF - PORT AU PORT AND SOUTHWEST COAST, WHERE GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. MARINE INTERESTS ARE ALSO ADVISED THAT FREEZING SPRAY WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE AND GULF WATERS. END/