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Marine Forecast

Issued 09:30 PM PST 25 December 2024

Tonight and Thursday.

Wind northerly outflow 20 knots increasing to northerly outflow 30 near midnight then diminishing to northerly outflow 10 to 20 early Thursday morning. Wind becoming southerly inflow 15 to 25 late Thursday morning then becoming northerly outflow 10 to 20 early Thursday evening.

Rain changing to showers Thursday morning.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 PM PST 25 December 2024
Friday Wind northerly outflow 20 knots increasing to northerly outflow 25 in the morning then diminishing to northerly outflow 15 in the afternoon.
Saturday Wind northerly outflow 20 knots becoming southerly inflow 10 to 20.
Sunday Wind northerly outflow 20 knots.

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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 located
on 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 this
evening. 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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