West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 22 September 2023
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Wind southwesterly 15 to 25 knots becoming southwesterly 10 to 20 early this morning then backing to southeast 5 to 15 near noon Saturday. Wind increasing to southeast 15 to 25 Saturday evening.
Rain changing to showers this morning.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 22 September 2023
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 2 Saturday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 22 September 2023
Sunday
Wind southeast 20 to 25 knots increasing to
southeast 25 to 35 in the morning then becoming east 20 to 30 late in the
day.
Monday
Wind easterly 25 to 35 knots.
Tuesday
Wind southeast 40 to 50 knots diminishing to
south 20 to 30.
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West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 22 September 2023Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PDT 22 September 2023 Today Tonight and Saturday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today ridge located over Vancouver Island.By 4:00 p.m. PDT today weakening ridge located over the Lower
Mainland.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today cold front located on a line
northeast-southwest over Haida Gwaii.
By 11:00 a.m. PDT today weakening cold front located from Hecate
Strait to Explorer.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today trough located from the Central Coast
to Explorer.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Saturday trough located from Cape Scott to
Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:29 PM PDT 21 September 2023 A cold front over west coast Haida Gwaii will move eastward andReach Hecate Strait by Friday morning then weaken as it progresses
into central waters Friday afternoon. Ahead of the front, southerly
gales have developed over west coast Haida Gwaii and Dixon entrances.
The winds will ease to strong southerly Friday morning as the front
moves over Hecate Strait and rapidly weakens. In its wake, winds will
ease to moderate to strong westerlies tonight through Friday.
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