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West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half

Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 04:00 PM PST 02 December 2023

Tonight and Sunday.

Storm warning in effect.

Wind southerly 15 knots increasing to southeast 30 to 40 this evening and to southeast 40 to 50 near midnight. Wind diminishing to southwest 25 to 35 late overnight then increasing to southwest 35 to 45 near noon Sunday. Wind veering to west 25 to 35 Sunday evening.

Rain ending overnight.

Waves

Issued 04:00 PM PST 02 December 2023
Today Tonight and Sunday. Seas 5 to 7 metres subsiding to 3 to 5 early this evening then building to 5 to 7 Sunday morning. Seas building to 6 to 8 Sunday evening.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 PM PST 02 December 2023
Monday Wind southerly 25 to 35 knots increasing to southeast 40 to 50 in the morning then diminishing to southerly 25 to 35 in the afternoon.
Tuesday Wind southerly 35 to 45 knots veering to southwest 25 to 35.
Wednesday Wind southwest 20 to 30 knots diminishing to southwest 10 to 20.

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Storm warning in effect

West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half

Issued 4:00 PM PST 02 December 2023

'Storm' force winds of 48 to 63 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. 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 4:00 PM PST 2 December 2023 Tonight and Sunday At 6:00 p.m. PST tonight frontal system located west of Bowie.
By 4:00 a.m. PST Sunday frontal system located from the Alaska
panhandle to Cape Scott.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:45 PM PST 2 December 2023 A frontal system just west of the Bowie region will move eastward
tonight to lie in an arc from the Southern Alaskan Panhandle to
Northern Vancouver Island by early Sunday morning.

Gale force southeasterlies will develop ahead of the front this
evening and strengthen further to storms overnight over northern
And central waters. Gales will extend into the inner South Coast
waters overnight. Widespread gale force westerlies are expected
In the wake of the system, with an area of storm force westerlies
expected over the offshore waters on Sunday morning.

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