Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2023
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind southerly 10 to 20 knots diminishing to light late overnight. Wind light Wednesday.
Scattered showers ending Wednesday morning. Risk of thunderstorms late this afternoon.
Strong wind warning program has ended for the season.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2023
Thursday
Wind easterly 5 to 15 knots increasing to
west 30 late in the day.
Friday
Wind west 25 knots diminishing to
light.
Saturday
Wind southeast 20 to 30 knots becoming west
20 late in the day.
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Warnings
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PST 5 December 2023 Tonight and Wednesday At 4:00 p.m. PST today low located northwest of Bowie.By 4:00 a.m. PST Wednesday weakening low located over the Gulf
of Alaska.
At midnight PST tonight building ridge located over Vancouver
Island.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:50 PM PST 5 December 2023 Gale force southwesterlies over the northern waters will easeTonight as a low in the Gulf of Alaska weakens and moves away from
the region.
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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