FPCN10 CYQQ 151307
MARINE FORECAST FOR ESQUIMALT HARBOUR AND VICINITY ISSUED BY MSC
METOC ESQUIMALT AT 0700 PDT SATURDAY 15 MARCH 2025.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 1430 PDT SATURDAY
15 MARCH 2025.

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 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING THIS MORNING WEST 15 TO 25 WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30. WIND EASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO SOUTHWEST
10 TO 15 THEN LIGHT VARIABLE THIS EVENING.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT VARIABLE BECOMING LIGHT NORTHERLY THEN LIGHT TO
MODERATE SOUTHWEST.

IN THE APPROACHES...
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND OVER WESTERN SECTIONS NORTH 15 TO 25 AND OVER EASTERN SECTIONS
NORTHEAST 5 TO 10. WIND BECOMING OVER ALL SECTIONS THIS MORNING WEST
TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 EXCEPT WEST 25 TO GALES 35 NEAR RACE ROCKS.
WIND EASING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 LATE THIS EVENING THEN LIGHT
VARIABLE THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING WEST 5 TO 15 OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK... LIGHT TO MODERATE WEST BECOMING LIGHT TO MODERATE
SOUTHEAST THEN MODERATE WEST.

WEATHER... SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH
THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. PARTLY
CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. RISK OF A
THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. A MIX OF SUN AND
CLOUD SUNDAY WITH THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON.

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