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FPCN10 CWHF 070918
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
WSC HALIFAX FOR CF METOC CENTRE AT 070930Z JANUARY 2009.
1. WARNINGS.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY CONTINUED.
WIND CHILL STATEMENT ENDED.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE MARITIMES FROM
THE GREAT LAKES AREA WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS ALONG
WITH SNOW ICE PELLETS FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TO OUR
REGION.
2. FORECAST VALID 10-22Z.
WINDS NORTHWESTERLY 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT VARIABLE
THIS MORNING AND EASTERLY 15 LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
BECOMING CLOUDY THIS MORNING. SNOW BEGINNING NEAR NOON
CHANGING TO ICE PELLETS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND MIXING
WITH FREEZING RAIN BY EVENING. VISIBILITY OVER 6 MILES
EXCEPT ONE HALF TO 3 MILES IN PRECIPITATION. 5 OR 6 CM
SNOWFALL EXPECTED DOCKSIDE BEFORE THE CHANGE TO ICE
PELLETS. HIGH ZERO. SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT IN THE
APPROACHES ONE METRE OR LESS.
3. FORECAST VALID 22-10Z.
WINDS EASTERLY 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH EVENING GUSTS TO 25
BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY 20 TO 25 TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN
AND ICE PELLETS CHANGING TO RAIN THIS EVENING. MIST AND
AND FOG FORMING IN THE RAIN. VISIBILITY ONE TO 3 MILES
IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST AND LESS THAN ONE HALF IN FOG.
TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 7 TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT WAVE
HEIGHT IN THE APPROACHES BUILDING TO NEAR 3 METRES BY
MORNING.
4. OUTLOOK VALID 10-22Z 08 JANUARY.
WINDS SOUTHWESTERLY 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY
25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 BY AFTERNOON. MIST FOG AND
PATCHY DRIZZLE ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN
FOG ONE TO 4 IN MIST AND DRIZZLE OTHERWISE GENERALLY OVER
6. TEMPERATURE PLUS 7 LOWERING TO PLUS 2 BY LATE AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT IN THE APPROACHES BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 METRES BY AFTERNOON.
END/JPK
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