Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 20 March 2025
Tonight and Friday.
Wind southwest 25 knots tonight. Wind southwest 20 Friday.
Showers. Risk of thunderstorms overnight and Friday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 20 March 2025
Today Tonight and Friday.
Seas 4 metres.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 20 March 2025
Saturday
Wind southerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to
southeast 35 in the afternoon and to southeast 40 to 50 late in the
day.
Sunday
Wind southwest 20 to 30 knots diminishing to
southwest 15.
Monday
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots increasing to
southeast 15 to 25 late in the day.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 20 March 2025 Tonight and Friday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today frontal system located from Bowie toExplorer.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT today frontal system located from Hecate Strait
to Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT Friday building ridge located over Explorer.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Saturday deepening trough located over the
offshore waters.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:58 PM PDT 20 March 2025 A frontal system crossing the northern and central waters is givingsoutheast gales this evening. The trailing cold front will cross the
South Coast this evening. Southeast gales will develop later this
evening over inner waters from Queen Charlotte Strait to the Strait
of Georgia. Winds will shift to moderate to strong westerlies in the
wake 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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