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FPCN10 CWHF 152130
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 152130Z JANUARY 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
GUST WARNING IN EFFECT.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
ON FRIDAY, A LOW WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA AND PASS EAST
OF THE REGION. STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST THEN WEST WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW WITH WESTERLY GUSTS EXCEEDING 35
KNOTS WITH SUSTAINED GALES IN APPROACHES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL EASE FRIDAY NIGHT AS A RIDGE MOVES IN.
2. FORECAST VALID 22Z 15 JANUARY - 10Z 16 JANUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 BECOMING LIGHT
THIS EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 BECOMING LIGHT
OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE BECOMING RAIN
OVERNIGHT. MIST AND FOG OVER THE APPROACHES AND OUTER HARBOUR
SPREADING INLAND EARLY THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS BECOMING ONE HALF OR LESS TO 2 IN MIST
AND FOG EARLY THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW PLUS 4.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW PLUS 4.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 2.5.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR 3.
3. FORECAST VALID 10Z 16 JANUARY - 04Z 17 JANUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 10
TO 15 GUSTING 20 IN THE MORNING THEN TO WEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35
NEAR NOON. WINDS DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 IN THE
EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25
GUSTING 30 IN THE MORNING THEN TO WEST 30 TO 35 GUSTING 45
NEAR NOON. WINDS DIMINISHING TO WEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 30 IN THE
EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. RAIN ENDING AND MIST AND FOG DISSIPATING NEAR
NOON. FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING A CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN
THE EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE HALF OR LESS TO 2 IN RAIN MIST AND FOG
IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS BY NOON. OCCASIONALLY 2 TO 5 IN FLURRIES IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): STEADY NEAR PLUS 4 FALLING TO MINUS 3
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR 4 FALLING TO ZERO LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 2.5. BUILDING TO 3 TO
4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
4. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SATURDAY 17 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR SHOWERS.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 2/MINUS 6.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - SUNDAY 18 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING EAST 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH RAIN DEVELOPING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 4/MINUS 2.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - MONDAY 19 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 BECOMING WEST 20 TO 30.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 3/PLUS ONE.
END/METOC-HFX
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