Queen Charlotte Sound
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023
Tonight and Tuesday.
Wind northeast 15 to 25 knots becoming northeast 20 to 30 near midnight. Wind northeasterly 20 to 30 Tuesday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023
Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres subsiding to 1 near midnight then building to
1 to 2 Tuesday evening.
Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 late Tuesday
morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023
Wednesday
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots.
Thursday
Wind northwest 20 knots.
Friday
Wind south 25 to 35 knots diminishing to west
15 late in the day.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023 Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today frontal system located southwest of Explorer.By 4:00 a.m. PDT Tuesday departing frontal system located off
Oregon Coast.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today building ridge located over BC interior.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today building ridge located over the Gulf
of Alaska.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:41 PM PDT 27 March 2023 A frontal system off Explorer will move southeastward towards theOregon coast tonight. A ridge of high pressure will build over the
Gulf of Alaska in its wake. Meanwhile another ridge of high pressure
will build over the BC Interior tonight and Tuesday.
Easterly gales over Explorer will spread to the southwestern sections
of West Coast Vancouver Island South tonight. These winds will ease
Tuesday morning as the system departs.
Outflow gales will develop over Howe Sound and Central Coast tonight
as the interior ridge builds. On Tuesday, northerly gales will
develop over west coast Haida Gwaii as a ridge strengthens offshore.
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