Hecate Strait - southern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PDT 16 August 2022
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind southeast 10 to 20 knots diminishing to light near noon Wednesday then increasing to northwest 10 to 20 early Wednesday evening.
Showers changing to periods of drizzle near midnight and ending Wednesday morning. Fog patches forming after midnight and dissipating near noon Wednesday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 16 August 2022
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 1 metre.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 16 August 2022
Thursday
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots increasing to
northwest 15 to 25 in the morning.
Friday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots becoming variable
5 to 15 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PDT 16 August 2022 Tonight and Wednesday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight frontal system located on a linenorth-south over Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Wednesday dissipating frontal system located on
a line northeast-southwest over Bowie.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday building ridge located on a line
northeast-southwest over Queen Charlotte Sound.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Thursday quasi-stationary ridge located on a line
north-south over Bowie.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday trough located over the South Coast.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT Wednesday quasi-stationary trough located from
the North Coast to the South Coast.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:29 PM PDT 16 August 2022 A stationary front draped northeast to southwest over Bowie willweaken through the day on Wednesday. Strong to gale force
Southerlies over Bowie and waters in the vicinity of Northern Haida
Gwaii will ease overnight tonight through early Wednesday morning.
A trough will develop over the South Coast through Wednesday and
Wednesday night. Strong to gale force northwest winds will develop
off the northwest coast of Vancouver Island later Wednesday afternoon
and continue into Thursday.
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