Howe Sound
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PDT 12 May 2025
Tonight and Tuesday.
Wind southerly inflow 15 knots increasing to northerly outflow 15 to 20 near midnight then becoming southerly inflow 15 to 20 late Tuesday morning. Wind diminishing to light Tuesday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 12 May 2025
Wednesday
Wind light increasing to southerly inflow 10
to 20 knots in the morning.
Thursday
Wind northerly outflow 10 to 20 knots
becoming southerly inflow 10 to 20.
Friday
Wind light increasing to southerly inflow 10 to
20 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PDT 12 May 2025 Tonight and Tuesday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight building ridge located on a linenorth-south over the offshore waters.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Tuesday ridge located on a line north-south
over Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:10 PM PDT 12 May 2025 A ridge of high pressure over the offshore waters will bring strongto gale force northwest winds over the northern and central waters
and to west coast Vancouver Island and Explorer this evening.
Winds will ease overnight except for west coast Vancouver Island and
Southeastern Explorer, where gale force northwesterly winds can be
expected to persist into Tuesday midday.
Near gale force winds will linger over west coast Vancouver Island
from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning.
Pacific - South Coast Area
- Bowie
- 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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