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Marine Forecasts for the Pacific waters

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FQCN13 CWVR 022300
Marine forecasts for Pacific waters issued by Environment Canada at
4:00 p.m. PDT Thursday 2 September 2010 for tonight and Friday.
The next scheduled forecasts will be issued at 9:30 p.m.

Fog implies visibility less than 1 mile.

Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind light increasing to northwest 25 knots Friday evening.

Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light after midnight
 then increasing to northwest 25 Friday evening.

Howe Sound.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind light increasing to northerly outflow 15 knots late this evening
 and to 20 late overnight. Wind diminishing to light late Friday
 morning then becoming southerly inflow 10 to 15 Friday afternoon.

Haro Strait.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind light increasing to southerly 10 to 15 knots near noon Friday
 and to southwesterly 20 to 25 Friday afternoon.

Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait
Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind light increasing to westerly 15 to 20 knots early Friday
 afternoon and to 25 to 35 late Friday afternoon. Fog patches forming
 late overnight and dissipating near noon Friday.

Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance.
Wind light increasing to westerly 10 to 15 knots late Friday morning
 and to 15 to 20 Friday afternoon. Fog patches forming near midnight
 and dissipating Friday afternoon.

Johnstone Strait.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind light increasing to northwest 25 to 35 knots Friday afternoon.
 Chance of showers Friday afternoon and evening.

Queen Charlotte Strait.
Wind southeast 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light early this evening
 then increasing to southeast 10 to 15 Friday morning. Wind
 increasing to northwest 15 to 20 Friday afternoon. Chance of showers
 Friday.

West Coast Vancouver Island North.
Wind southerly 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 25 late overnight
 then becoming northwest 15 to 25 early Friday afternoon. Chance of
 showers Friday.

West Coast Vancouver Island South.
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots increasing to 25 to 30 Friday
 afternoon. Fog patches forming near midnight and dissipating Friday
 afternoon.

Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half.
Wind southeast 15 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 early Friday
 morning then diminishing to northwest 15 to 25 near noon Friday.
 Chance of drizzle this evening. A few showers beginning early Friday
 morning.

Queen Charlotte Sound - western half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind south 15 to 25 knots increasing to northwest 25 to 35 early
 Friday morning then diminishing to 20 to 25 near noon Friday. Chance
 of drizzle this evening. A few showers beginning after midnight.

Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island.
Wind south 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 early Friday morning
 then becoming northwest 15 to 25 Friday afternoon. Chance of drizzle
 tonight. A few showers beginning early Friday morning.

Hecate Strait - northern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind southeast 25 to 35 knots diminishing to 20 to 25 after midnight
 then becoming northwest 20 to 25 Friday morning. Periods of rain.

Hecate Strait - southern half.
Wind south 25 to 30 knots becoming northwest 20 to 30 Friday morning.
 Periods of rain.

Dixon Entrance East.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind southeast 25 to 35 knots diminishing to 20 to 25 after midnight
 then becoming northwest 15 to 25 Friday morning. Rain at times
 heavy.

Dixon Entrance West.
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots increasing to northwest 20 to 25 late
 overnight. Rain ending early Friday morning. Chance of showers
 beginning late Friday morning.

West Coast Charlottes - northern half.
Wind southerly 25 to 30 knots except variable 5 to 15 over northern
 sections. Wind becoming northwest 20 to 25 after midnight. Rain
 ending late overnight. Chance of showers beginning early Friday
 morning.

West Coast Charlottes - southern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind southerly 25 to 30 knots becoming northwest 25 to 35 early
 Friday morning then diminishing to 15 to 25 near noon Friday.
 Periods of rain ending Friday morning. Chance of showers beginning
 early Friday afternoon.

Douglas Channel.
Wind southwesterly inflow 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 near
 midnight then increasing to 20 to 25 Friday afternoon. Periods of
 rain.

Bowie - northern half.
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 late overnight.
 Chance of showers.

Bowie - southern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind southerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to northwest 25 to 35 this
 evening then becoming 20 to 30 Friday morning. Periods of rain
 ending late overnight. Chance of showers beginning early Friday
 morning.

Explorer - northwestern half.
Wind southerly 20 to 25 knots becoming northwest 15 to 25 near
 midnight. Chance of showers.

Explorer - southeastern half.
Wind variable 5 to 15 knots becoming westerly 10 to 20 after midnight
 then veering to northwest 15 to 25 late Friday morning.

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