General Outlook: High pressure is here! It should keep the weather more settled for the weekend. You may encounter a little rain early Sunday morning/Sunday afternoon, but the next major low pressure system will probably not be until Tuesday/Wednesday. Environment Canada has no watches or warnings out on your location for the time being.
Wind conditions tonight/early morning: Currently southerly, 5-15 knots. Our models indicate that winds will shift to blow from the south sometime around midnight. They will continue shifting, and will be from the SE (by 2am) and then from the E (by 5am). As the winds are shifting, our models indicate light winds, around 5-10 knots. Environment Canada indicates that there could be gusts up to 15 knots.
Wind conditions tomorrow: Winds will continue to be light, 5-10 knots, on the northern coast of Vancouver Island and will be from the E and NE from 8 am – 2 pm. Wind directions and speed around the other side of Cape Scott should be similar to those where you are now. Winds tomorrow afternoon and evening will be northerly and 5-10 knots, increasing toward the 10-end of this range by 8pm.
Winds tomorrow night and Sunday: Should stay 5-10 knots and from the north for most of the evening, but will begin to pick up to 10-15 knots by 8 am Sunday, and possibly up to 20 knots (and from the NNW) by 5pm Sunday.
Waves: Environment Canada states that waves on the west coast of north Vancouver island are 4 metres currently, subsiding to 2 metres by tomorrow morning. NOAA’s wave models agree with this statement (except for the spelling of meter), and indicate that significant wave heights will decrease to 1-2 meters by tomorrow night. Wave heights will stay 1-2 meters through Sunday, and perhaps even Monday. For the entire period of now until Monday, be aware that peak wave direction will be from the west, which will be against you. After the waves die down tonight, the next Big wave event will coincide with the next major storm, in the Tuesday/Wednesday range.
Be sure to check out the Lyrid meteor shower tomorrow night!
Forecaster Maroon