Explorer - northwestern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 09 December 2023
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Storm warning in effect.
Wind southeast 40 to 50 knots diminishing to southwest 20 to 30 early this morning then becoming northwest 20 early this evening. Wind veering to north 10 to 20 Sunday morning then becoming north 15 Sunday evening except light over northwestern sections.
Rain ending late this morning. Visibility as low as 1 mile in rain.
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Explorer - northwestern half
Issued 07:56 AM PST 09 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 4:00 AM PST 9 December 2023 Today Tonight and Sunday At 4:00 a.m. PST today intensifying frontal system located overHaida Gwaii extending southward.
By 1:00 p.m. PST today departing frontal system located from Hecate
Strait to Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 p.m. PST today trough located over Haida Gwaii extending
southward.
By 4:00 a.m. PST Sunday trough located over Vancouver Island.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:48 AM PST 9 December 2023 Winds are likely to rise to hurricane force southeasterlies in abroad swath from Southern Hecate Strait, through Queen Charlotte
Strait, to Northern Vancouver Island.
Gale force northwesterlies over northern waters, west of Haida Gwaii
will follow this system later this afternoon as a sharp surface
trough follows the frontal system. By this evening, gale force
southeasterlies should only be present along the central coasts
associated with the trough before subsiding to strong early Sunday
morning.
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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