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Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance

Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 04:00 PM PDT 07 October 2024

Tonight and Tuesday.

Wind easterly 10 to 15 knots becoming south 10 to 20 after midnight then becoming west 5 to 15 Tuesday morning.

Rain beginning this evening changing to scattered showers Tuesday morning.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 PM PDT 07 October 2024
Wednesday Wind west 15 knots backing to south 5 to 15 in the morning then veering to west 10 to 15 in the afternoon.
Thursday Wind light increasing to easterly 10 to 20 knots.
Friday Wind easterly 10 to 20 knots.

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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 4:00 PM PDT 7 October 2024 Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today weakening frontal system located over Cape
Scott extending southward.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Tuesday dissipating frontal system located on a
line northeast-southwest over southern 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 3:35 PM PDT 7 October 2024 A frontal system extending southwards from Cape Scott will weaken as
it crosses Vancouver Island tonight. Ahead of the front, gale force
southeasterlies near will also weaken as the front progresses. Behind
the front, winds will shift to moderate southwesterlies.

A trailing trough of low pressure will give strong to gale
Force southwesterlies to Explorer tonight.

Meanwhile 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.

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