Bowie - southern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PST 04 December 2023
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Storm warning in effect.
Wind southwest 35 knots increasing to southwest 40 to 50 early this evening then diminishing to southwest 35 early Tuesday morning. Wind diminishing to southwest 30 Tuesday afternoon.
Rain changing to showers near noon. Visibility as low as 1 mile in rain.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 04 December 2023
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 6 metres building to 7 to 9 early this evening and to 10
near midnight. Seas subsiding to 8 Tuesday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 04 December 2023
Wednesday
Wind southwest 25 to 35 knots diminishing to
southwest 15 to 25 in the morning.
Thursday
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots.
Friday
Wind southwest 20 to 30 knots increasing to
southeast 40 to 50 late in the day.
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Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Storm warning in effect
Bowie - southern half
Issued 10:30 AM PST 04 December 2023'Storm' force winds of 48 to 63 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PST 4 December 2023 Today Tonight and Tuesday At 10:30 a.m. PST today frontal system located over the offshorewaters.
By 10:00 p.m. PST tonight departing frontal system located over
southern Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 p.m. PST today low located northwest of Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PST Tuesday weakening low located over the Gulf
of Alaska.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:28 AM PST 4 December 2023 A frontal system is moving across the northern and central watersproducing storm to gale force southeasterlies. As the front continues
to slide down the southern waters today, southerly gale force winds
will ensue with hurricane force winds over West Vancouver Island
north.
Across the northern and central waters, the gale to storm force
southeasterlies will veer to southwesterly gales in the wake of the
front as the Parent low moves into the vicinity this afternoon.
There may be brief bursts of southwesterly storm force winds over
waters west of Haida Gwaii tonight.
Southwesterly gales over northern and central waters will slowly
diminish on Tuesday to southwesterly strong as the low weakens.
Pacific - South Coast Area
- Bowie - southern half
- Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island
- Explorer - northwestern half
- Explorer - southeastern half
- Haro Strait
- Hecate Strait - southern half
- Howe Sound
- Johnstone Strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance
- Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
- Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half
- Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
- Queen Charlotte Strait
- Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
- Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - southern half
- West Coast Vancouver Island North
- West Coast Vancouver Island South
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