West Coast Vancouver Island North
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023
Tonight and Tuesday.
Wind northeast 10 to 20 knots increasing to northeast 20 to 30 early this evening. Wind northerly 20 to 30 Tuesday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023
Wednesday
Wind north 15 to 25 knots increasing to
northwest 25 to 35 in the afternoon.
Thursday
Wind northwest 20 knots diminishing to
variable 5 to 15.
Friday
Wind south 15 to 25 knots increasing to south
25 to 35.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 27 March 2023 Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today frontal system located southwest of Explorer.By 4:00 a.m. PDT Tuesday departing frontal system located off
Oregon Coast.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today building ridge located over BC interior.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today building ridge located over the Gulf
of Alaska.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:41 PM PDT 27 March 2023 A frontal system off Explorer will move southeastward towards theOregon coast tonight. A ridge of high pressure will build over the
Gulf of Alaska in its wake. Meanwhile another ridge of high pressure
will build over the BC Interior tonight and Tuesday.
Easterly gales over Explorer will spread to the southwestern sections
of West Coast Vancouver Island South tonight. These winds will ease
Tuesday morning as the system departs.
Outflow gales will develop over Howe Sound and Central Coast tonight
as the interior ridge builds. On Tuesday, northerly gales will
develop over west coast Haida Gwaii as a ridge strengthens offshore.
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