Hecate Strait - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2024
Tonight and Friday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind southeast 30 to 40 knots diminishing to southerly 25 early Friday morning and to southerly 5 to 15 late Friday morning. Wind becoming light early Friday afternoon.
Periods of rain. Visibility as low as 1 mile in rain.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2024
Today Tonight and Friday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 1 to 2 near noon Friday and to 1
Friday afternoon.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2024
Saturday
Wind southerly 20 to 30 knots diminishing to
northwest 10 to 20 late in the day.
Sunday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots becoming
southeast 5 to 15 late in the day.
Monday
Wind southeast 15 to 25 knots increasing to
southeast 25 to 35.
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Gale warning in effect
Hecate Strait - northern half
Issued 9:30 PM PST 05 December 2024'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PST 5 December 2024 Tonight and Friday At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight frontal system located on a linenorth-south over the offshore waters.
By 9:30 p.m. PST Friday departing frontal system located from the
Central Coast to Tofino.
At 4:00 p.m. PST Friday frontal system located off Bowie.
By 9:30 p.m. PST Friday frontal system located on a line
northwest-southeast over western Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:09 PM PST 5 December 2024 A frontal system over the offshore waters will move across HaidaGwaii early Friday morning and then southwards across Vancouver
Island Friday night. Ahead of the front, southerly gales will
continue tonight across offshore, central and northern coastal waters
and then spread to southern waters overnight. On Friday, southerly
gales will ease over northern waters in the morning but continue over
central and southern waters and spread to the inner South Coast in
the afternoon.
Localized southeast storm force winds over Queen Charlotte Sound and
the headlands of West Vancouver Island North have eased this evening
but will redevelop overnight and then ease late in the day on Friday.
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- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
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- 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
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- 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
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