Hecate Strait - southern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PDT 27 March 2024
Tonight and Thursday.
Wind easterly 10 to 20 knots backing to northerly 10 to 20 early Thursday morning then becoming northerly 15 to 25 early Thursday evening.
Showers this evening.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2024
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Seas 3 to 4 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 this evening and to 2
early Thursday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2024
Friday
Wind northeast 15 to 25 knots backing to north
10 to 20 in the afternoon then to northwest 15 to 25 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming
northwest 10 to 20.
Sunday
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PDT 28 March 2024 Today Tonight and Friday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary low 990 mb located oversouthern Explorer.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Friday approaching ridge located northwest
of Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:19 PM PDT 27 March 2024 With an unstable airmass over the southern waters, there is a risk ofisolated thunderstorms and waterspouts tonight.
On Thursday, an offshore low will be quasi-stationary over Southern
Explorer. The low will generate marginal gale force southeasterly
winds over the waters west of Vancouver Island.
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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