Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 28 March 2024
Tonight and Friday.
Wind northerly 15 to 25 knots tonight and Friday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 28 March 2024
Today Tonight and Friday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 2 late overnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 28 March 2024
Saturday
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming
northwest 10 to 20 in the afternoon.
Sunday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots becoming variable
10 to 20 late in the day.
Monday
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots increasing to
southwest 20.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 28 March 2024 Tonight and Friday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today low 995 mb located over southern Explorer.By 4:00 a.m. PDT Friday departing low 1000 mb located south of
Explorer.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Friday approaching ridge located northwest
of Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:25 AM PDT 28 March 2024 An offshore low will be quasi-stationary over Southern Explorer todayand tonight. The low will generate strong to gale force southeasterly
winds over the waters west of Vancouver Island and in the inner South
Coast near Southern Vancouver Island for today and tonight.
With an unstable airmass over the southern waters, there is a risk of
isolated thunderstorms and waterspouts today.
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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