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FPCN10 CYQQ 161305
MARINE FORECAST FOR ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND VICINITY ISSUED BY MSC
METOC ESQUIMALT AT 0700 PDT SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 2026.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 1430 PDT SUNDAY
16 AUGUST 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...
WIND LIGHT VARIABLE BECOMING LIGHT SOUTH BY MIDDAY THEN BECOMING
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND EASING TO
LIGHT VARIABLE THIS EVENING.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT VARIABLE BECOMING LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST.
IN THE APPROACHES...
WIND WEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS EXCEPT WEST 15 TO 25 NEAR RACE ROCKS. THIS
AFTERNOON WIND BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 EXCEPT WEST 20 TO
30 NEAR RACE ROCKS. OVERNIGHT WIND EASING TO WEST 5 TO 10 EXCEPT
WEST 10 TO 20 NEAR RACE ROCKS.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT TO MODERATE WEST BECOMING MODERATE TO STRONG WEST.
WEATHER... MAINLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND
CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW CLOUDS TONIGHT. HAZY. FOG PATCHES
DISSIPATING OVER THE APPROACHES THIS MORNING THEN REDEVELOPING
LATE THIS EVENING.
END/RGH
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