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Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PST 25 December 2024
Tonight and Thursday.
Wind westerly 20 to 30 knots backing to southerly 15 to 25 near noon Thursday.
Showers this evening Thursday afternoon and evening.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PST 25 December 2024
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Seas 6 to 8 metres subsiding to 6 early Thursday
morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 25 December 2024
Friday
Wind east 20 to 30 knots becoming southeast 25
to 35 in the afternoon then becoming southerly 30 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming south
15 to 25.
Sunday
Wind south 20 knots increasing to northwest
25.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PST 25 December 2024 Tonight and Thursday At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight quasi-stationary frontal system locatedon a line north-south over central Vancouver Island.
At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight low 982 mb located off the Washington
Coast.
By 7:00 a.m. PST Thursday low 984 mb located over southeastern
Vancouver Island.
At 1:00 p.m. PST Thursday ridge located on a line north-south over
Vancouver Island.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:21 PM PST 25 December 2024 A frontal system will stall over Vancouver Island through thisevening. This will continue to generate gale force southeast winds
throughout the inner South Coast waters until early Thursday morning.
For the central and northern waters, gale force southwesterlies in
the wake of the front will gradually ease overnight.
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