West Coast Vancouver Island South
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2023
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind south 10 to 15 knots veering to west 5 to 15 near midnight then becoming light early Wednesday morning.
Showers ending Wednesday morning with a risk of thunderstorms.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2023
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 5 to 7 metres subsiding to 3 to 5 late Wednesday
morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 05 December 2023
Thursday
Wind northeast 10 to 20 knots backing to
northwest 25 in the afternoon.
Friday
Wind northwest 25 knots becoming southeast
25.
Saturday
Wind southeast 45 knots diminishing to
northwest 25 late in the day.
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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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