Explorer - northwestern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 11 April 2026
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest 20 to 30 late this morning. Wind northwest 15 to 25 tonight and Sunday.
Periods of drizzle ending near noon. Scattered showers Sunday afternoon and evening.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 11 April 2026
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres except 3 over northwestern sections tonight.
Seas subsiding to 2 Sunday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 11 April 2026
Monday
Wind northwest 20 knots increasing to southwest
20 to 30 in the afternoon.
Tuesday
Wind southwest 20 to 30 knots veering to
northwest 20 to 30.
Wednesday
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PDT 10 April 2026 Tonight and Saturday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight quasi-stationary ridge from high locatedon a line northeast-southwest over the Alaska panhandle.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Saturday trough located over the Central Coast
to the Washington Coast.
By midnight PDT Saturday trough located from the Central Coast to
BC interior.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:31 AM PDT 11 April 2026 A ridge axis will remain quasi-stationary over Alaska Panhandlebefore shifting southeastward Sunday. Northwesterly wind over west
coast Vancouver Island will strengthen to marginal gale force wind
late Sunday evening.
Westerly winds through Central and Eastern Juan de Fuca Strait may
also have a possibility to approach gale force Sunday evening through
early Monday morning.
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