Hecate Strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 07 March 2021
Tonight and Monday.
Wind southeast 20 to 30 knots diminishing to southeast 15 to 20 near midnight then backing to east 10 to 15 late Monday morning.
Showers ending overnight.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PST 07 March 2021
Hecate Strait - northern half
Today Tonight and Monday.
Seas 2 metres subsiding to 1 this evening.
Hecate Strait - southern half
Today Tonight and Monday.
Seas 3 to 4 metres subsiding to 2 Monday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 07 March 2021
Tuesday
Wind northeast 5 to 15 knots backing to
northerly 10 to 20 in the morning then to northwest 20 late in the
day.
Wednesday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots becoming south
5 to 15.
Thursday
Wind south 15 to 25 knots increasing to south
25 to 35.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PST 7 March 2021 Tonight and Monday At 4:00 p.m. PST today low 994 mb located southwest of Bowie.By 4:00 p.m. PST Monday low 1000 mb located southwest of Explorer.
At midnight PST tonight trough located over southern Explorer.
By 11:00 a.m. PST Monday trough located over southern Queen
Charlotte Sound.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:52 PM PST 7 March 2021 A 994 MB low southwest of Bowie will slowly track south, remainingfar offshore. By Monday morning, the low will lie southwest of
Explorer. A trough rotating around the low will move northward to lie
west of Vancouver Island overnight. The trough will weaken as it
moves into Queen Charlotte Sound on Monday.
Gale force easterlies over Bowie will ease tonight as the low drifts
away.
Strong southerly winds west of Vancouver Island will rise to gale
force southeasterlies early Monday morning as the trough approaches.
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
- 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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