Howe Sound
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Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 07 October 2024
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Wind northerly outflow 10 to 15 knots becoming southerly inflow 5 to 15 near noon then becoming light early this evening. Wind increasing to northerly outflow 5 to 15 after midnight then becoming southerly inflow 10 to 20 Tuesday morning. Wind diminishing to light Tuesday evening.
Rain beginning this evening changing to showers Tuesday afternoon.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 07 October 2024
Wednesday
Wind northerly outflow 5 to 15 knots
becoming southerly inflow 10 to 20 in the morning.
Thursday
Wind northerly outflow 5 to 15
knots.
Friday
Wind northerly outflow 20 knots diminishing to
light.
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Issued 4:00 AM PDT 7 October 2024 Today Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today weakening frontal system located over theCentral Coast extending southward.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight weakening frontal system located on a
line northeast-southwest over central Vancouver Island.
At 7:00 a.m. PDT Tuesday low located over northwestern Bowie.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT Tuesday low located near the Alaska panhandle.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:48 AM PDT 7 October 2024 A frontal system extending southwards from the Central Coast willgradually weaken as it slowly moves to lie over Central Vancouver
Island this evening. Ahead of the front, gale force southeasterlies
will also weaken as the front progresses. Behind the front, winds
shift to moderate westerlies.
A low pressure centre over the Gulf of Alaska will approach
Northwestern Bowie tonight and move towards the Alaska Panhandle on
Tuesday. Moderate to strong southerlies are expected over most
northern waters except for Northern Bowie where gale force
southwesterlies are forecast Tuesday 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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