Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PST 03 December 2024
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind southeast 10 to 20 knots tonight and Wednesday.
Fog patches forming near midnight and dissipating near noon Wednesday.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 03 December 2024
Thursday
Wind east 10 to 20 knots.
Friday
Wind southeast 20 to 30 knots becoming west 25
to 30 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind west 10 to 20 knots increasing to west
25 to 35.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PST 3 December 2024 Tonight and Wednesday At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight cold front located over Haida Gwaii.By 4:00 a.m. PST Wednesday weakening cold front located over the
North Coast.
At 10:30 a.m. PST Wednesday frontal system located west of Explorer.
By 9:30 p.m. PST Wednesday frontal system located on a line
north-south over the offshore waters.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:05 PM PST 3 December 2024 Southerly gales over Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance will prevailthis evening as a frontal system cross through.
Another front will move over the offshore waters Wednesday afternoon
with gale force southeast winds developing ahead of the front.
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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