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FQCN13 CWVR 051720
MARINE FORECASTS FOR PACIFIC WATERS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
10:30 A.M. PDT FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2008 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.M.

FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA - NORTH OF NANAIMO.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING 15 TO 25 EARLY THIS EVENING AND
 BECOMING 15 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTH OF NANAIMO.
WIND SOUTHEAST 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT.

HOWE SOUND.
WIND SOUTHERLY INFLOW 10 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT THIS
 EVENING AND BECOMING NORTHERLY OUTFLOW 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTHERLY INFLOW 10 TO 15 NEAR NOON SATURDAY.

HARO STRAIT.
WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING THEN
 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 NEAR
 NOON SATURDAY.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - CENTRAL STRAIT
JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - EAST ENTRANCE.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WESTERLY 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 THIS AFTERNOON
 THEN DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING
 NEAR NOON. FOG PATCHES FORMING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DISSIPATING NEAR
 NOON SATURDAY.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - WEST ENTRANCE.
WIND WESTERLY 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING 15 TO 20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON
 THEN DIMINISHING TO 10 NEAR MIDNIGHT. FOG DISSIPATING EARLY THIS
 AFTERNOON. FOG FORMING NEAR MIDNIGHT AND DISSIPATING SATURDAY
 AFTERNOON.

JOHNSTONE STRAIT.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
 INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE STRAIT.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON
 THEN DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO
 NORTHWEST 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF DRIZZLE AND FOG PATCHES
 CHANGING TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING THEN TO
 CHANCE OF DRIZZLE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES
 FORMING NEAR MIDNIGHT AND DISSIPATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH.
WIND NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 EARLY THIS
 EVENING EXCEPT 30 SOUTH OF THE BROOKS PENINSULA. CHANCE OF DRIZZLE
 THIS MORNING. FOG PATCHES.

WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND SOUTH.
WIND NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT EXCEPT
 30 NORTHWEST OF ESTEVAN POINT. CHANCE OF DRIZZLE THIS MORNING. FOG
 BECOMING FOG PATCHES THEN BECOMING FOG NEAR MIDNIGHT.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - EASTERN HALF.
WIND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT.
 CHANCE OF SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. FOG PATCHES.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - WESTERN HALF.
WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TODAY. FOG PATCHES.

CENTRAL COAST FROM MCINNES ISLAND TO PINE ISLAND.
WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON THEN
 INCREASING TO 20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF DRIZZLE CHANGING TO
 CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT THEN TO CHANCE OF DRIZZLE SATURDAY
 MORNING. FOG PATCHES.

HECATE STRAIT.
WIND VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 15 AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
 OF DRIZZLE CHANGING TO A FEW SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING AND ENDING
 LATE OVERNIGHT. FOG PATCHES.

DIXON ENTRANCE EAST
DIXON ENTRANCE WEST - EAST OF LANGARA.
WIND EAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT AND
 BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. A FEW SHOWERS ENDING
 NEAR MIDNIGHT. FOG PATCHES.

DIXON ENTRANCE WEST - WEST OF LANGARA
WEST COAST CHARLOTTES - NORTHERN HALF.
WIND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 THIS
 AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW
 SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES.

WEST COAST CHARLOTTES - SOUTHERN HALF.
WIND WESTERLY 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15
 SATURDAY EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO CHANCE OF DRIZZLE
 TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. FOG PATCHES.

DOUGLAS CHANNEL.
WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHERLY INFLOW 10 TO 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON THEN
 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHERLY INFLOW
 10 NEAR NOON SATURDAY THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY EVENING.
 CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
 MORNING.

BOWIE - NORTHERN HALF.
WIND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO WEST 15 TO 25 THIS
 AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND
 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING AND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10
 SATURDAY EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING.

BOWIE - SOUTHERN HALF.
WIND WEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
 SHOWERS TODAY.

EXPLORER - NORTHWESTERN HALF.
WIND WEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 NEAR MIDNIGHT.

EXPLORER - SOUTHEASTERN HALF.
WIND NORTHWEST 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 NEAR MIDNIGHT.

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