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FPCN10 CYQQ 251303
MARINE FORECAST FOR ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND VICINITY ISSUED BY MSC
METOC ESQUIMALT AT 0700 PDT WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2026.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 1430 PDT WEDNESDAY
25 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 SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS RISING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND EASING TO SOUTHWEST 10
TO 20 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN EASING TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 NEAR
MIDNIGHT.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT SOUTH BECOMING LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST.
IN THE APPROACHES...
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS RISING TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 LATER
THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 25 TO GALES 35 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
EASING TO WEST 15 TO 25 THIS EVENING THEN EASING TO WEST 5 TO 15
OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT SOUTH BECOMING LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST.
WEATHER... BECOMING MAINLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING THEN A FEW SHOWERS.
A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDY PERIODS THIS EVENING
THEN CLEARING OVERNIGHT.
END/RGH
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