Explorer - southeastern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PST 01 March 2021
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Wind northwest 20 knots backing to west 15 this evening then to southwest 20 late overnight. Wind increasing to southwest 25 Tuesday afternoon.
Showers this morning and Tuesday late in the day.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 01 March 2021
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 4 metres subsiding to 3 Tuesday afternoon.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 01 March 2021
Wednesday
Wind southwest 25 to 35 knots.
Thursday
Wind southeast 30 to 40 knots.
Friday
Wind south 25 to 35 knots diminishing to west
20.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PST 1 March 2021 Today Tonight and Tuesday At 10:30 a.m. PST today cold front located on a linenortheast-southwest over northern Vancouver Island.
By 4:00 p.m. PST today departing cold front located over southern
Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 p.m. PST today cold front located off Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PST Tuesday weakening cold front located on a line
northeast-southwest over northern Vancouver Island.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:07 AM PST 1 March 2021 A cold front over North Vancouver Island this morning will slowlyweaken and track southwards across Vancouver Island today. Strong to
gale force southeasterlies ahead of the front will shift to moderate
to strong northwesterlies in its wake.
Another approaching cold front will track across Haida Gwaii tonight
then slide south along the mainland coast to lie over North Vancouver
Island Tuesday afternoon. Ahead of the front, southerly gales will
develop over Bowie this afternoon then spread to northern waters
tonight and central waters Tuesday morning. In its wake the winds
will ease and shift to strong westerlies.
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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