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FPCN10 CYQQ 241305
MARINE FORECAST FOR ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND VICINITY ISSUED BY MSC
METOC ESQUIMALT AT 0700 PDT TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2026.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 1430 PDT TUESDAY
24 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...
WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT VARIABLE THIS
MORNING THEN RISING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS AS
HIGH AS GALES 35 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS EVENING WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 THEN EASING
TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHWEST BECOMING MODERATE.
IN THE APPROACHES...
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND OVER EASTERN HALF SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS AND OVER WESTERN
HALF NORTHEAST 10 TO 20. NEAR MIDDAY OVER EASTERN HALF WIND EASING
TO LIGHT VARIABLE AND OVER WESTERN HALF NORTHEAST 5 TO 10. LATER
THIS AFTERNOON OVER ALL AREAS WIND RISING TO WEST 25 TO GALES 35.
THIS EVENING WIND BECOMING WEST 20 TO 30 EXCEPT REMAINING WEST 25 TO
GALES 35 NEAR RACE ROCKS. OVER ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT WIND BECOMING
WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHWEST BECOMING MODERATE TO STRONG.
WEATHER... CLOUDY WITH RAIN ENDING NEAR MIDDAY. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS TONIGHT.
END/RGH
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