Explorer - northwestern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 03 October 2023
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind southwesterly 15 to 25 knots becoming west 15 this evening then becoming variable 5 to 15 Wednesday evening.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 03 October 2023
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 2 early Wednesday
morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 03 October 2023
Thursday
Wind variable 10 to 15 knots.
Friday
Wind variable 10 to 20 knots.
Saturday
Wind southwest 15 to 25 knots.
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Warnings
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 3 October 2023 Tonight and Wednesday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today departing trough located over the CentralCoast.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday approaching frontal system located west
of Bowie.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday building ridge located south of Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:18 AM PDT 3 October 2023 A trough of low pressure will track across Haida Gwaii late thismorning and onto the coast this afternoon. Ahead of the trough,
southerly gales will develop over Dixon Entrance - east and Hecate
Strait later this morning and then shift to strong westerlies in the
afternoon.
Pacific - South Coast Area
- Bowie - southern half
- Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island
- Explorer - northwestern half
- Explorer - southeastern half
- Haro Strait
- Hecate Strait - southern half
- Howe Sound
- Johnstone Strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance
- Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
- Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half
- Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
- Queen Charlotte Strait
- Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
- Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - southern half
- West Coast Vancouver Island North
- West Coast Vancouver Island South
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