Hecate Strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 18 May 2024
Tonight and Sunday.
Wind northwest 15 knots increasing to northwest 15 to 25 early this evening except northwest 5 to 15 over southwestern sections. Wind becoming northwest 15 early Sunday morning then diminishing to light near noon Sunday. Wind becoming southwest 15 Sunday afternoon.
Showers Sunday evening.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 18 May 2024
Hecate Strait - northern half
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Seas 1 metre or less.
Hecate Strait - southern half
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 near midnight then
subsiding to 1 near noon Sunday.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 18 May 2024
Monday
Wind southerly 10 to 20 knots becoming variable
5 to 15 in the morning then becoming northwest 10 to 20 late in the
day.
Tuesday
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots.
Wednesday
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots diminishing to
northwest 10 to 20.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 18 May 2024 Tonight and Sunday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today building ridge located west of Bowie.By 4:00 a.m. PDT Sunday ridge located on a line north-south over
eastern Bowie.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Sunday trough located west of Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Sunday trough located over Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:41 PM PDT 18 May 2024 A ridge of high pressure over Bowie tonight will reach the centralwaters late Sunday. Moderate to strong northwest winds will develop
ahead of the ridge.
Strong northwesterly winds off the west coast of Vancouver Island
will rise to marginal gale force immediately to the northwest of
Estevan Point late Sunday.
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 - northern half
- Wrigley Harbour mile 0 to Axe Point mile 91
- Yukon Coast
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