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FPCN10 CWHF 242030
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 242030Z APRIL 2024.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DROP OFF TO LIGHT WINDS
THIS EVENING AS A SMALL WEAK RIDGE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE
RIDGE ERODES AND IS FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVING THROUGH THE MARITIMES TONIGHT. MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS DEVELOP NEAR MIDNIGHT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH THEN VEER TO
MODERATE TO STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN ITS WAKE OVERNIGHT.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER ON THURSDAY.
2. FORECAST VALID 21Z 24 APRIL - 09Z 25 APRIL.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO
15 GUSTING 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT AND VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20
GUSTING 25 LATE OVERNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 10 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25
NEAR MIDNIGHT AND VEERING TO NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING 25 LATE OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS
DEVELOPING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN ENDING OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW MINUS ONE.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW PLUS ONE.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 1.5 TO 2 BUILDING TO 2 TO
2.5 LATE THIS EVENING THEN LOWERING TO 1.5 TO 2 LATE OVERNIGHT.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR 4.
3. FORECAST VALID 09Z 25 APRIL - 03Z 26 APRIL.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25
DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
TO NORTHWEST 10 EARLY IN THE EVENING AND TO LIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING 25 DIMINISHING TO
NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON TO NORTHWEST
10 EARLY IN THE EVENING AND TO LIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: BECOMING MAINLY SUNNY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 7.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 5.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 1.5 TO 2 LOWERING TO ONE
TO 1.5 IN THE AFTERNOON.
4. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - FRIDAY 26 APRIL.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT. BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 10
TO 15 OVER THE APPROACHES.
SKY/WEATHER: SUNNY BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 9/MINUS 2.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - SATURDAY 27 APRIL.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 11/MINUS 2.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - SUNDAY 28 APRIL.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 14/MINUS 3.
END/METOC-HFX
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