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West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half

Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 09:30 PM PST 21 December 2024

Tonight and Sunday.

Storm warning in effect.

Wind southeast 40 knots increasing to southeast 50 near midnight and to southeast 50 to 60 late overnight. Wind diminishing to southeast 40 to 50 near noon Sunday then becoming southeast 40 Sunday afternoon. Wind veering to southwest 35 to 45 Sunday evening.

Rain.

Waves

Issued 04:00 PM PST 21 December 2024
Today Tonight and Sunday. Seas 5 to 7 metres building to 7 to 10 near midnight then subsiding to 5 to 7 Sunday afternoon.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 PM PST 21 December 2024
Monday Wind southwest 25 to 35 knots increasing to southeast 40 to 50 in the morning then diminishing to southeast 35 late in the day.
Tuesday Wind northeast 25 to 35 knots veering to southeast 35.
Wednesday Wind southeast 45 to 55 knots diminishing to southwest 35 late in the day.

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Storm warning in effect

West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half

Issued 9:30 PM PST 21 December 2024

'Storm' force winds of 48 to 63 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. 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 9:30 PM PST 21 December 2024 Tonight and Sunday At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight frontal system located west of the
offshore waters.
By 1:00 p.m. PST Sunday frontal system located from Haida Gwaii
to Vancouver Island.

At 4:00 p.m. PST Sunday trough located from Bowie to Explorer.

At 9:30 p.m. PST tonight quasi-stationary ridge located over
BC interior.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 9:12 PM PST 21 December 2024 Another frontal system is approaching the offshore waters and
Will move across the marine regions on Sunday. Storm to hurricane
force southeasterlies will develop ahead of this system with
southeast gales developing over the inner South Coast. This system
will bring gale to storm force southwesterlies in its wake Sunday
night over the northern waters.

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