Hecate Strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PST 26 January 2021
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind northeast 15 to 25 knots becoming northeast 15 Wednesday morning except northeast 25 near the mainland inlets Wednesday late in the day.
Showers Wednesday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PST 26 January 2021
Hecate Strait - northern half
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 1 metre.
Hecate Strait - southern half
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PST 26 January 2021
Thursday
Wind northeast 15 to 25 knots diminishing to
variable 5 to 15 in the morning then increasing to southeast 15 to 25 late in
the day.
Friday
Wind southeast 35 to 45 knots.
Saturday
Wind southeast 30 to 40 knots diminishing to
south 15 to 25 late in the day.
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Ice Conditions
There is no ice forecast issued for this area.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PST 26 January 2021 Tonight and Wednesday At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight quasi-stationary ridge located overBC interior.
At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight low located over Explorer.
By 9:30 p.m. PST Wednesday low located off the Washington Coast.
At 4:00 a.m. PST Wednesday intensifying trough located from the
Alaska panhandle to Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:07 PM PST 26 January 2021 A low pressure system over Explorer will gradually weaken tonightbefore exiting the region Wednesday afternoon. Ahead of the low, gale
to storm force southeasterlies over southern waters will ease
overnight.
A trough of low pressure will develop from the Alaskan Panhandle to
Explorer on Wednesday. Northerly gales will develop over Bowie early
Wednesday morning and ease in the afternoon.
Additionally, a ridge of high pressure will remain over the BC
Interior for a few days. Strong to gale force outflow winds
Will prevail through the mainland inlets of the BC coasts.
Mackenzie - Mackenzie River Area
- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
- Banks
- Bathurst
- Bowie - northern half
- Byam
- Camsell Bend mile 290 to Tulita mile 512
- Coronation
- Dease
- Dixon Entrance East
- Dixon Entrance West
- Dolphin
- Fort Good Hope mile 684 to Point Separation mile 913
- Great Slave Lake - basin
- Great Slave Lake - east arm
- Great Slave Lake - north arm
- Hecate Strait
- Holman
- Lake Athabasca
- Larsen
- Mackenzie
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
- North Mackenzie
- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Rae
- Tuktoyaktuk - northern half
- Tuktoyaktuk - southern half
- Tulita mile 512 to Fort Good Hope mile 684
- West Coast Haida Gwaii
- Wrigley Harbour mile 0 to Axe Point mile 91
- Yukon Coast
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