Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 02 June 2023
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Wind southerly 15 to 25 knots becoming southwest 15 Saturday morning.
Rain ending this evening. Risk of thunderstorms today. Showers Saturday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 02 June 2023
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 02 June 2023
Sunday
Wind southwest 10 to 20 knots veering to west
15 to 25 in the morning then becoming northwest 15 in the afternoon.
Monday
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots.
Tuesday
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PDT 2 June 2023 Today Tonight and Saturday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary ridge located on a linenorth-south over Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today frontal system located on a line north-south
over Hecate Strait.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT today frontal system located near the Mainland
Coast.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today low 1006 mb located west of Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Saturday dissipating low 1019 mb located west of
Haida Gwaii.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:49 AM PDT 2 June 2023 A slow moving frontal system is moving across Hecate Strait andWill stall over the mainland coast today. Ahead of the front,
intermittent gale force southeasterlies over Hecate Strait and Dixon
Entrance East will continue until near noon.
As the tail of front pushes onto the coast this afternoon, a brief
period of southerly gales will develop near the headlands of
Vancouver Island and Eastern Queen Charlotte Sound.
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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