Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 24 January 2021
Today Tonight and Monday.
Wind easterly 15 to 25 knots becoming easterly 15 late this morning then becoming westerly 5 to 15 this afternoon. Wind becoming light Monday afternoon.
Rain or snow changing to showers or flurries near midnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 24 January 2021
Tuesday
Wind east 15 to 25 knots increasing to east 25
to 35 in the afternoon.
Wednesday
Wind east 10 to 20 knots.
Thursday
Wind east 15 to 25 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PST 24 January 2021 Today Tonight and Monday At 4:00 a.m. PST today frontal system located on a line north-southover northern Vancouver Island.
By 10:30 a.m. PST today weakening frontal system located west of
Juan de Fuca Strait.
At 4:00 a.m. PST today building ridge located west of the offshore
waters.
By 4:00 p.m. PST Monday ridge located from Haida Gwaii to Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 4:09 AM PST 24 January 2021 A frontal system will brush past Vancouver Island from the west thismorning as it moves towards Washington. The system will lie over
Washington state by this afternoon.
Strong southeast winds will continue this morning over the South
Coast inner waters and waters near Southwest Vancouver island. The
winds across the South Coast inner waters will diminish by this
afternoon while strong to gale force northwesterly winds will prevail
over most waters through today. The northwest winds will gradually
ease tonight and Monday morning to eventually become light to
moderate by Monday afternoon.
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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