West Coast Haida Gwaii - southern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PDT 01 June 2023
Tonight and Friday.
Wind southerly 20 to 30 knots diminishing to southwest 10 to 20 early Friday morning then backing to southeast 10 to 20 near noon Friday.
Periods of rain.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 01 June 2023
Today Tonight and Friday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 near midnight then
subsiding to 1 to 2 late overnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 01 June 2023
Saturday
Wind south 10 to 20 knots diminishing to
light late in the day.
Sunday
Wind light increasing to westerly 10 to 20
knots.
Monday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots backing to
southwest 10 to 20.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PDT 1 June 2023 Tonight and Friday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight quasi-stationary ridge located on a linenorth-south over Vancouver Island.
At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight frontal system located on a line
north-south over Hecate Strait.
By 3:00 p.m. PDT Friday frontal system located near the Mainland
Coast.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Friday quasi-stationary low 1006 mb located west
of Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:25 PM PDT 1 June 2023 Ahead of a ridge of high pressure, gale force westerlies in Juan deFuca Strait will continue this evening and then ease overnight.
A slow moving frontal system will cross Hecate Strait and arrive
On the mainland coast on Friday. Ahead of the front, intermittent
gale force southeasterlies over Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance East
will continue until late Friday morning.
As the tail of front pushes onto the coast, a brief period of
southerly gales will occur near the headlands of Vancouver Island and
Eastern Queen Charlotte Sound Friday afternoon.
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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