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RAMN 2005

PACIFIC COAST

Attention Marine Weather Forecast Program

The Pacific Weather Centre issues 4 forecasts (regular forecast and synopsis) per day at 04:00 am , 10:30 am , 04:00 pm and 09:30 pm . The forecasts are issued at the same time throughout the year. The forecasts are valid up to the end of the following day. A 3 to 5 day outlook ( 04:00 am and 04:00 pm ) and a wave height forecast ( 02:00 am and 02:00 pm ) are issued twice a day.

Attention Marine Weather Warnings: (refer to Table 1, page 5-1).

Note the following regional particularities:

Warning Types

Comments

1

Strong wind warning

Issued only from Good Friday to Remembrance Day

Applies to the inner waters only: Queen Charlotte Strait, Johnstone Strait, Strait of Georgia, Howe Sound, Haro Strait and Juan de Fuca Strait.

Weather Bulletins

Local weather observations are available for several stations including lighthouses, ocean buoy, automatic weather reporting stations and other stations part of the regular weather network. The broadcast listing provides more information on available stations and broadcast times.

MAREP

MAREP operators are in regular contact with the Marine Weather Forecaster at the Pacific Weather Centre. MAREP reports are also received by any MCTS Centre on VHF channels 26 or 84 at any time, subject to normal priorities of communication. These reports will be immediately sent to marine forecasters at the Pacific Weather Centre and will be included on CMB if they are significantly different from conditions mentioned in the forecast or from nearby reports.

The MAREP stations of Cape Scott and Bonilla Island will operate from October 1 to April 30. Kyuquot will operate from May 1 to September 30.

WEST COAST MAREP STATIONS

contact on VHF MAREP WORKING CHANNEL 69 or on alternate VHF channels 10 and 78A

WEST COAST

Station

Call Sign

Weather Information For

Bonilla Island Lightstation

XLA787

Dixon Entrance East, Hecate Strait, Central Coast

Cape Scott Lightstation

VGL35

Queen Charlotte Sound, Central Coast

Queen Charlotte Strait, West Coast Vancouver Island North

Kyuquot

VGL34

West Coast Vancouver Island North

West Coast Vancouver Island South


Buoy Positions - Northeast Pacific

WMO #

NAME

LAT

LONG

46004

Middle Nomad

50 58.0 N

135 48.0 W

46036

South Nomad

48 21.2 N

133 55.3 W

46131

Sentry Shoal

49 54.4 N

124 59.1 W

46132

South Brooks

49 43.9 N

127 55.4 W

46134

Pat Bay

48 39.4 N

123 29.0 W

46145

Central Dixon Entrance

54 23.0 N

132 25.6 W

46146

Halibut Bank

49 20.4 N

123 43.6 W

46147

South Moresby

51 49.3 N

131 12.1 W

46181

Nanakwa Shoal

53 50.0 N

128 49.9 W

46183

North Hecate Strait

53 37.0 N

131 06.3 W

46184

North Nomad

53 54.0 N

138 52.0 W

46185

South Hecate Strait

52 24.4 N

129 47.0 W

46204

West Sea Otter

51 22.0 N

128 45.1 W

46205

West Dixon Entrance

54 10.0 N

134 20.0 W

46206

La Perouse Bank

48 50.1 N

125 59.9 W

46207

East Dellwood

50 51.6 N

129 54.6 W

46208

West Moresby

52 30.0 N

132 42.0 W

Victoria Weatheradio Canada

Stations

CALL SIGN

Frequency (MHz)

Note

Saltspring Island

CFA240

162.400

Continuous broadcast

5- page 9

Updated: 28/07/2005

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