West Coast Vancouver Island North
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Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 04 December 2023
Tonight and Tuesday.
Storm warning in effect.
Wind southeast 40 to 50 knots diminishing to southwesterly 25 to 35 early this evening then becoming southwesterly 25 near midnight except southwest 25 south of the Brooks Peninsula. Wind becoming southwest 25 early Tuesday morning then diminishing to southwest 15 to 20 Tuesday evening.
Rain changing to showers near midnight with a risk of thunderstorms. Visibility 1 mile or less in rain.
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Storm warning in effect
West Coast Vancouver Island North
Issued 5:58 PM PST 04 December 2023'Storm' force winds of 48 to 63 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PST 4 December 2023 Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 p.m. PST today departing frontal system located overVancouver Island.
At 4:00 p.m. PST today low located northwest of Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PST Tuesday weakening low located over the Gulf
of Alaska.
At midnight PST Tuesday building ridge from high located over
Vancouver Island.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:50 PM PST 4 December 2023 Across the northern and central waters, the gale to storm forcesoutheasterlies will veer to southwesterly gales in theas the Parent
low moves into the vicinity over the next few hours. There may be
brief bursts of southwesterly storm force winds over waters west of
Haida Gwaii tonight.
Over the southern waters southwesterly gales over northern and
central waters will slowly diminish on Tuesday to southwesterly
strong as the low weakens.
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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