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Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo

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Marine Forecast

Issued 09:30 PM PST 30 November 2023

Tonight and Friday.

Wind southeasterly 15 knots increasing to southeast 15 to 25 after midnight then diminishing to variable 5 to 15 near noon Friday. Wind increasing to southeast 20 to 30 early Friday evening.

Periods of rain.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 PM PST 30 November 2023
Saturday Wind southerly 15 to 25 knots diminishing to light in the afternoon then increasing to southeasterly 15 to 25 late in the day.
Sunday Wind southeast 20 to 30 knots diminishing to westerly 10 to 20.
Monday Wind light increasing to southeast 15 to 25 knots.

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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 4:00 PM PST 30 November 2023 Tonight and Friday At 4:00 p.m. PST today frontal system located over Bowie to
Explorer.
By 7:00 a.m. PST Friday departing frontal system located from
Hecate Strait to the Central Coast then to Vancouver Island.

At 10:30 a.m. PST Friday frontal system located west of Bowie.
By 7:00 p.m. PST Friday frontal system located from Haida Gwaii
to Explorer.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 9:23 PM PST 30 November 2023 A frontal system will sweep across Bowie and Explorer tonight, then
reach the BC coastal waters by Friday morning. The system will track
inland by Friday afternoon. Southeast gales will develop ahead of the
system followed by gale force westerlies in its wake.

Another frontal system is expected Friday. The system will make its
way across the offshore waters earlier in the day and then into the
northern and central waters later in the day. Gale force southerlies
ahead of the system will be followed by gale force westerlies in its
wake.

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