Explorer - northwestern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PDT 14 May 2025
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 this afternoon then increasing to southwest 20 this evening. Wind increasing to southerly 20 to 30 late overnight then diminishing to westerly 15 to 20 near noon Thursday.
Periods of rain tonight and Thursday. Visibility 1 mile or less in rain.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 14 May 2025
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Seas 2 metres building to 2 to 3 Thursday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 14 May 2025
Friday
Wind west 15 knots increasing to northwest 15
to 25 in the afternoon.
Saturday
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots.
Sunday
Wind south 15 to 25 knots veering to west 20 to
30 late in the day.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PDT 14 May 2025 Today Tonight and Thursday At 10:30 a.m. PDT today ridge located on a line north-south overeastern Bowie.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight weakening ridge located from the Central
Coast to Explorer.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today frontal system located off Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Thursday frontal system located on a line
northwest-southeast over Haida Gwaii.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:16 AM PDT 14 May 2025 Ahead of a ridge of high pressure, westerly gales will re-developthrough Juan de Fuca Strait early this evening and then gradually
ease overnight.
An approaching frontal system will track across the offshore waters
tonight and lie over Haida Gwaii by Friday afternoon. Ahead of the
front, southeast gales will develop over northern coastal waters
Thursday morning and spread towards the northern tip of Vancouver
Island by Thursday night.
Pacific - South Coast Area
- Bowie
- 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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