West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 31 March 2025
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northerly 20 to 30 knots increasing to northwest 30 to 35 early this morning then diminishing to northwest 25 to 30 near midnight. Wind diminishing to northwest 15 to 20 Tuesday afternoon.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 31 March 2025
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 this morning then subsiding
to 1 to 2 Tuesday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 31 March 2025
Wednesday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots.
Thursday
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots becoming
southeast 10 to 20 late in the day.
Friday
Wind southeast 15 to 25 knots increasing to
southeast 25 to 35.
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Warnings
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Gale warning in effect
West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 31 March 2025'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 4:00 AM PDT 31 March 2025 Today Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today low located over northwestern Explorer.By 4:00 p.m. PDT today departing low located south of Explorer.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today building ridge located northwest of Bowie.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT today building ridge located west of the offshore
waters.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:48 AM PDT 31 March 2025 A low over Southwestern Explorer brings strong southeasterly winds tothe southern waters today.
A ridge building northwest of Bowie generates northerly marginal
gales to the northern waters west of Haida Gwaii today and into this
evening.
On Tuesday, as the ridge continues to build offshore, westerly
marginal gales will develop through Juan de Fuca Strait during the
afternoon to evening period.
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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