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FPCN10 CYQQ 171309
MARINE FORECAST FOR ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND VICINITY ISSUED BY MSC
METOC ESQUIMALT AT 0700 PDT TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2019.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 1430 PDT TUESDAY
17 SEPTEMBER 2019.
ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND APPROACHES.
FORECAST VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH AN OUTLOOK FOR THE
FOLLOWING 24 HOURS.
THE APPROACHES TO ESQUIMALT ARE DEFINED AS THE TRIANGULAR AREA
BOUNDED BY RACE ROCKS, TRIAL ISLAND AND ESQUIMALT HARBOUR.
IN THE HARBOUR...
WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND LIGHT VARIABLE RISING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND EASING TO
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 LATE THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING LIGHT VARIABLE
THIS THE AFTERNOON.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT VARIABLE.
IN THE APPROACHES...
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXCEPT NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 NEAR RACE
ROCKS RISING TO SOUTHEAST 30 TO GALES 40 OVER EASTERN SECTIONS AND
SOUTHEAST 25 TO GALES 35 OVER WESTERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING.
WIND EASING TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 OVER EASTERN SECTIONS AND
SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 OVER WESTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS MORNING. WIND
EASING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING LIGHT
VARIABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFTING TO LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY
OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY BECOMING LIGHT NORTHWESTERLY.
WEATHER... CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING. RISK OF A
THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT.
END/RGH
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