Explorer - southeastern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PST 05 December 2023
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind southwest 15 to 25 knots diminishing to southwest 5 to 15 this evening then becoming light early Wednesday morning. Wind increasing to southeast 10 to 20 Wednesday afternoon.
Showers ending overnight. Risk of thunderstorms late this evening. Scattered showers Wednesday late in the day.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 05 December 2023
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 6 to 8 metres subsiding to 5 to 7 late this afternoon and to
4 Wednesday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 05 December 2023
Thursday
Wind northerly 15 to 25 knots backing to
northwest 20 to 30 in the afternoon.
Friday
Wind light increasing to southeast 30 to 40
knots late in the day.
Saturday
Wind southeast 35 to 45 knots diminishing to
northwest 25.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PST 5 December 2023 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 10:30 a.m. PST today low located northwest of Bowie.By 4:00 a.m. PST Wednesday weakening low located over the Gulf
of Alaska.
At midnight PST tonight building ridge located over Vancouver
Island.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:09 AM PST 5 December 2023 Gale force southwesterlies will continue over the northern andcentral waters today as a low passes to the northwest of Bowie. Winds
will diminish through the day and tonight as the low weakens and
moves away from the region.
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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