Hecate Strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 19 April 2024
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Wind easterly 15 to 25 knots diminishing to variable 5 to 15 near noon Saturday except southerly 10 to 20 over southern sections.
Showers Saturday evening.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 19 April 2024
Hecate Strait - northern half
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 1 metre or less.
Hecate Strait - southern half
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 this morning and to 2 to
3 Saturday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 19 April 2024
Sunday
Wind light becoming northwest 5 to 15 knots
late in the day.
Monday
Wind northwest 5 to 15 knots increasing to
southeast 25 to 35 late in the day.
Tuesday
Wind south 15 to 25 knots diminishing to
light.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PDT 19 April 2024 Today Tonight and Saturday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary ridge located over BCinterior.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary trough located off Bowie.
At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight approaching low located southwest of
Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:50 AM PDT 19 April 2024 A ridge of high pressure is driving strong coastal outflow windsthrough the period.
An area of low pressure is forecast to approach Explorer overnight
tonight and lead to strong to gale force southeasterly winds
developing westwards of Vancouver Island on Saturday. Strong to gale
force winds will likely spread into central waters later Saturday as
the area of low pressure heads towards the northern tip of Vancouver
Island.
Gale force northwesterly winds are expected in the wake of this
system later on Saturday.
Mackenzie - Mackenzie River Area
- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
- Banks
- Bathurst
- Bowie - northern half
- Byam
- Camsell Bend mile 290 to Tulita mile 512
- Coronation
- Dease
- Dixon Entrance East
- Dixon Entrance West - east of Langara
- Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara
- Dolphin
- Fort Good Hope mile 684 to Point Separation mile 913
- Great Slave Lake - basin
- Great Slave Lake - east arm
- Great Slave Lake - north arm
- Hecate Strait
- Lake Athabasca - eastern half
- Lake Athabasca - western half
- Larsen
- Mackenzie
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
- North Mackenzie
- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Rae
- Tuktoyaktuk - northern half
- Tuktoyaktuk - southern half
- Tulita mile 512 to Fort Good Hope mile 684
- Ulukhaktok
- West Coast Haida Gwaii
- Wrigley Harbour mile 0 to Axe Point mile 91
- Yukon Coast
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