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FPCN10 CYQQ 222153
MARINE FORECAST FOR ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND VICINITY ISSUED BY MSC
METOC ESQUIMALT AT 1430 PST SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER 2024.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 0700 PST MONDAY
23 DECEMBER 2024.
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 EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30
DIMINISHING TO EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 LATE THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING EAST TO
NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MONDAY MORNING.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST BECOMING STRONG
SOUTHEAST THEN MODERATE SOUTHWEST.
IN THE APPROACHES...
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVER WESTERN SECTIONS AND
SOUTHEAST 30 TO GALES 45 OVER EASTERN SECTIONS DIMINISHING TO
WESTERLY 15 TO 25 OVER ALL SECTIONS LATE THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING
EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MONDAY MORNING.
OUTLOOK... MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST BECOMING STRONG EAST TO
SOUTHEAST THEN BECOMING MODERATE WEST.
WEATHER... CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. INCREASING
CLOUDINESS ON MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING LATE IN THE
EVENING.
END/HOBSON
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