Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 20 May 2024
Tonight and Tuesday.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind light increasing to southeast 5 to 15 knots near midnight and to northwest 20 to 30 Tuesday evening.
Rain overnight and Tuesday.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 20 May 2024
Wednesday
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots diminishing to
northwest 10 to 20 in the morning then becoming variable 5 to 15 in the
afternoon.
Thursday
Wind southeast 10 to 15 knots.
Friday
Wind southeast 5 to 15 knots diminishing to
light.
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Strong wind warning in effect
Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 20 May 2024'Strong' winds of 20 to 33 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 20 May 2024 Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today dissipating ridge located on a linenortheast-southwest over Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today trough located on a line northeast-southwest
over the Central Coast.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Tuesday trough located on a line
northeast-southwest over Explorer.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Tuesday building ridge located west of Bowie.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT Tuesday ridge located on a line north-south
over Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:51 PM PDT 20 May 2024 A ridge of high pressure over the central waters will continueTo track south this evening. Moderate to strong northwest winds
Are occurring ahead of this ridge. As the ridge of high pressure
moves south, marginal westerly gales will funnel through Juan de Fuca
strait tonight.
A trough will dig south in Explorer tonight with a building ridge
west of Bowie. This combination will strengthen the northwesterly
winds to gale force across the southern waters late Tuesday.
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