Hecate Strait - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 26 January 2023
Tonight and Friday.
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots increasing to northwest 20 to 30 this evening. Wind northwesterly 20 to 30 Friday.
Periods of rain this afternoon. Visibility 1 mile or less in rain.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PST 26 January 2023
Today Tonight and Friday.
Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 near
midnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 26 January 2023
Saturday
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots veering to
northeast 25 to 35 in the morning.
Sunday
Wind northeast 20 to 30 knots.
Monday
Wind northerly 10 to 20 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PST 26 January 2023 Tonight and Friday At 4:00 p.m. PST today trough located north of Cape St. James.By 4:00 a.m. PST Friday trough located over southern Vancouver
Island.
By 10:30 a.m. PST Friday building ridge located over BC interior.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:50 PM PST 26 January 2023 A trough currently over cape St. James will track southwards tonightand lie over Southern Vancouver Island by Friday morning. Meanwhile,
a very strong ridge of high pressure will build into interior
British Columbia in the coming days. Strong to gale force northerly
winds will develop between these two features, beginning in southern
waters on Friday and spreading north Friday night into Saturday.
Strong to gale force outflow winds will develop in the coastal inlets
on Friday evening and are expected to strengthen to gale to storm
force outflow on Saturday as the ridge of high pressure builds over
the interior.
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- 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 - northern half
- Lake Athabasca - eastern half
- Lake Athabasca - western half
- Larsen
- Mackenzie
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
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- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Rae
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- 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
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