Windy in the PNW

[osprey877]

Just checked the Environment Canada weather current weather conditions for Sand Heads Lighthouse at mouth of Fraser River. Winds at 2pm were NE3 knots. At 3pm they were reporting ESE 3 knots At 4 pm, they reported NE70 Knots. SEVENTY KNOTS!! That is some fast moving weather. Conditions had been forecast so hopefully nobody was caught out in it.

[sv_pelagia]

Odd as nothing nearby went as high. Van airport nothing more than 11 kn.

But 37 kn in Howe Sound!

[sv_pelagia]

P.S. Sand Heads/Vancouver is "PSW" in Canada [emoji6]

[osprey877]

Originally Posted by sv_pelagia

Odd as nothing nearby went as high. Van airport nothing more than 11 kn.

But 37 kn in Howe Sound!

I just checked again and now Sandheads is reporting “gusting 83 knots”. I’m thinking maybe the automatic reporting must be on the blink.

[desodave]

There certainly seems to be problems with the auto reporting generally. Buoys like Sentry Shoal in the N and Halibut Bank centrally have been missing readings sporadically for the past couple of months at least. Sometimes just an hourly reading, sometimes it's a longer period. But its definitely blowing this morning with several ferry cancellations as the storm moves through. Gusting to 55 at Comox Airport - 10 AM - here in the northern part of the Strait.

[sv_pelagia]

Sartine Island, on the outside: SE 60 gust 68 at 6am

[sv_pelagia]

Solander ESE 69 gust 81 at 3am

Cat 1 Hurricane strength....

Glad to be a safe place

[Gone Bananas]

Several years ago now 20/20/11/17 55 Knots Hornby Island

[desodave]

Definitely an "active" weather system, and the barometer is still going down. We had the temperature drop from 7 at 3pm to 0 by 7pm, about 2" of wet snow fall, then an overhead thunderstorm with lightening, then suddenly warming up to 11 overnight as the wind kicked up a bit. A good day to be looking at weather reports from inside at home

[Shoalbay]

https://www.windy.com/?49.090,-122.643,5

[jdazey]

Lots of wind. This from Environment Canada:


https://weather.gc.ca/marine/marine_...in=fqcn13.cwvr

[Mithril Bham]

Welcome to November. Was out once when winds reached 110mph at Friday Harbor. Highest recorded. Off Victoria the day before with 80 mph winds.
Stay safe.

[svtcobra2003]

I work at the Blaine Harbor- we had gusts in excess of 60kts this am- been steady 24-30kts since about 11am. Currently 10kts @ 2:30pm PST