Hecate Strait - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PST 05 December 2023
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind south 35 knots diminishing to southwest 25 late this afternoon and to southwest 15 Wednesday morning except northeasterly outflow near Portland Inlet Wednesday evening.
Showers. Risk of thunderstorms today and this evening and Wednesday.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 05 December 2023
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 3 to 4 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 early this afternoon and
to 2 early this evening. Seas subsiding to 1 late overnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 05 December 2023
Thursday
Wind south 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest
15 in the afternoon.
Friday
Wind northwest 20 knots increasing to southeast
35 to 45 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind southeast 35 to 45 knots diminishing to
west 25 to 35 late in the day.
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Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Hecate Strait - northern half
Issued 10:30 AM PST 05 December 2023'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. 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 10:30 AM PST 5 December 2023 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 10:30 a.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 10:09 AM PST 5 December 2023 Gale force southwesterlies will continue over the northern andcentral waters today as a low passes to the northwest of Bowie. Winds
will diminish through the day and tonight as the low weakens and
moves away from the region.
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 - east of Langara
- Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara
- 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 - northern half
- Lake Athabasca - eastern half
- Lake Athabasca - western half
- 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
- Ulukhaktok
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
- Wrigley Harbour mile 0 to Axe Point mile 91
- Yukon Coast
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