Howe Sound
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PST 13 December 2025
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Wind northerly outflow 10 to 20 knots becoming southerly inflow 5 to 15 early Sunday morning.
Drizzle changing to rain near noon.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 13 December 2025
Monday
Wind southerly inflow 10 to 20 knots increasing
to southerly inflow 20 to 30 in the afternoon then diminishing to southerly
inflow 10 to 20 late in the day.
Tuesday
Wind light increasing to southerly inflow 10
to 20 knots.
Wednesday
Wind southerly inflow 10 to 20 knots
diminishing to light late in the day.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PST 13 December 2025 Today Tonight and Sunday At 10:30 a.m. PST today departing low 986 mb located overnortheastern Bowie.
At 10:30 a.m. PST today frontal system located from Queen Charlotte
Sound to Explorer.
By 4:00 p.m. PST today weakening frontal system located from the
Central Coast to Explorer.
At 7:00 p.m. PST tonight trough located west of Explorer.
By 7:00 a.m. PST Sunday weakening trough located over Hecate Strait.
At 7:00 a.m. PST Sunday frontal system located west of Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PST Sunday intensifying frontal system located from
Haida Gwaii to Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:32 AM PST 13 December 2025 A low pressure system over Bowie this morning will tracknortheastward into the Southern Alaska Panhandle by late this
afternoon. South to southwest gale force winds will spread across the
northern waters west of Haida Gwaii today.
A weakening frontal system over Queen Charlotte Sound will move
toward the Central Coast this afternoon. Southerly gales are
Expected over the central waters and the northern portion of the
inner South Coast today.
A trough will cross Southern Bowie and Northern Explorer this
evening, reaching Hecate Strait early Sunday morning. Gale to locally
storm force southwesterlies are expected to develop over the offshore
waters this evening, then spread across the central and northern
waters overnight.
Another frontal system will move over Bowie Sunday morning and reach
Haida Gwaii by afternoon, spreading gale to locally storm force
southeasterly winds. This front will then intensify from Explorer
Sunday afternoon, with winds ahead of the front increasing to storm
force, possibly reaching hurricane force over Hecate Strait Sunday
evening.
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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