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FPCN10 CYQQ 111307
MARINE FORECAST FOR ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND VICINITY ISSUED BY MSC
METOC ESQUIMALT AT 0700 PDT WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2026.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 1430 PDT WEDNESDAY
11 MARCH 2026.
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...
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND LIGHT VARIABLE BECOMING LIGHT EAST THIS MORNING THEN
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND VEERING TO SOUTH 5 TO
10 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN RISING TO SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 30
WITH OCCASIONAL GALES OF 35 TO 40 BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING.
OUTLOOK... STRONG TO GALE FORCE SOUTHWEST EASING TO MODERATE
SOUTHWEST THEN LIGHT SOUTHWEST.
IN THE APPROACHES...
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS THIS
MORNING THEN RISING TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
VEERING TO SOUTH 5 TO 10 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN RISING TO
SOUTHWEST 30 WITH GALES 35 TO 45 BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING.
OUTLOOK... SOUTHWESTERLY GALES EASING TO MODERATE TO STRONG WESTERLY
THEN LIGHT SOUTHERLY.
WEATHER... PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING THIS MORNING. CLOUDY WITH A
CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
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