Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PST 07 March 2021
Today Tonight and Monday.
Wind southeast 20 to 30 knots becoming southeast 20 near midnight then backing to east 20 to 25 early Monday morning. Wind diminishing to east 15 Monday afternoon then backing to northeast 15 to 20 Monday evening.
Showers ending near midnight with a risk of thunderstorms. Showers Monday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 07 March 2021
Today Tonight and Monday.
Seas 4 metres building to 5 early this morning then subsiding to
4 early this evening. Seas subsiding to 3 Monday morning and to 2 Monday
evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 07 March 2021
Tuesday
Wind northeast 10 to 20 knots backing to north
20 in the afternoon.
Wednesday
Wind northwest 20 knots.
Thursday
Wind southwest 5 to 15 knots increasing to
south 25 to 35 late in the day.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PST 7 March 2021 Today Tonight and Monday At 10:30 a.m. PST today low 988 mb located southwest of Bowie.By 10:30 a.m. PST Monday low 1000 mb located west of Explorer.
At midnight PST tonight trough located over southern Explorer.
By 11:00 a.m. PST Monday trough located over southern Queen
Charlotte Sound.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:26 AM PST 7 March 2021 A 988 MB low just southwest of Bowie will slowly track south,remaining far offshore. By Monday morning, the low will lie
Southwest of Explorer. A trough rotating around the low will move
northward to lie west of Vancouver Island overnight. The trough will
weaken as it moves into Queen Charlotte Sound on Monday.
Gale force east or southeasterly winds over the offshore waters will
ease tonight as the low drifts away.
Strong southwest winds west of Vancouver Island will back to
southeast this evening and rise to gale force early Monday morning as
the trough approaches.
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
- 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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