Moderate Wind Warning for Channel-Port aux Basques
This alert is no longer in effect.
ECCC issued it on April 12, 2026, 4 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this ECCC weather alert directly from ECCC's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
Environment Canada has issued a yellow wind warning for Channel-Port aux Basques and vicinity, with strong northwesterly gusts up to 100 km/h expected from Sunday morning until Sunday afternoon, potentially disrupting travel and services.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Wind Warning
- Affected area
- Channel-Port aux Basques and vicinity
- Issued
- April 12, 2026
- Issuing authority
- ECCC
Wind notices are issued against local thresholds and a defined time window. Confirm both in the original notice before making a current-condition decision.
Record status: historical. It was issued 4 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Channel-Port aux Basques and vicinity.
Alert Details
Environment Canada has issued a yellow warning for wind, indicating a moderate severity event. This alert is in effect as per the agency's issuance.
Affected Areas
The warning affects Channel-Port aux Basques and vicinity, with the strongest winds likely over areas to the south of Cape Ray.
What You Should Do
Driving conditions will likely be difficult due to strong winds. Disruptions to services and travel are possible. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NLstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NLwx.
Expected Conditions
Maximum wind gusts are expected to reach northwesterly 80 to 100 km/h.
Timeline
The alert is effective from Sunday morning until Sunday afternoon, based on the provided time span.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this ECCC weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (829 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (medium) notices issued closest in time to April 12, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this ECCC weather alert.