Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PST 30 November 2023
Tonight and Friday.
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots increasing to east 15 to 25 late overnight then becoming west 15 to 25 early Friday morning. Wind becoming west 15 late Friday afternoon then increasing to southeast 20 to 30 Friday evening.
Periods of rain.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 30 November 2023
Saturday
Wind west 25 to 35 knots diminishing to light
in the afternoon then increasing to east 20 late in the day.
Sunday
Wind easterly 20 to 30 knots becoming westerly
20 to 30.
Monday
Wind light increasing to easterly 15 to 25
knots.
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Warnings
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PST 30 November 2023 Tonight and Friday At 4:00 p.m. PST today frontal system located over Bowie toExplorer.
By 7:00 a.m. PST Friday departing frontal system located from
Hecate Strait to the Central Coast then to Vancouver Island.
At 10:30 a.m. PST Friday frontal system located west of Bowie.
By 7:00 p.m. PST Friday frontal system located from Haida Gwaii
to Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:23 PM PST 30 November 2023 A frontal system will sweep across Bowie and Explorer tonight, thenreach the BC coastal waters by Friday morning. The system will track
inland by Friday afternoon. Southeast gales will develop ahead of the
system followed by gale force westerlies in its wake.
Another frontal system is expected Friday. The system will make its
way across the offshore waters earlier in the day and then into the
northern and central waters later in the day. Gale force southerlies
ahead of the system will be followed by gale force westerlies in its
wake.
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
- 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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