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FPCN10 CWHF 312130
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 312130Z JANUARY 2025.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
GUST WARNING ENDED.
FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE THAT CROSSED NOVA SCOTIA THIS AFTERNOON
BROUGHT STRONG SOUTHWEST TO THE AREA, BUT THOSE ARE DIMINISHING AS
THE TROUGH MOVES OUT. TONIGHT, A COUPLE OF AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL PASS OFFSHORE OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
THE NORTH TONIGHT AS THE LOWS TRACK PAST. WINDS WILL BECOME
NORTHWEST LATER SATURDAY AS THE LOWS DEEPENING EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND
AND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO FORCE ITS WAY TOWARD THE
MARITIMES.
FREEZING SPRAY LEVELS WILL INCREASE TO MODERATE EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AS THE COLD ARRIVES AND THERE IS A RISK OF REACHING SEVERE
LEVELS BY EVENING AS THE NORTHWEST STRENGTHENS, THE WAVE HEIGHTS
BUILD SLIGHTLY, AND THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO DROP.
2. FORECAST VALID 22Z 31 JANUARY - 10Z 01 FEBRUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING TO
25 DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 THIS EVENING AND SHIFTING TO NORTH 10 TO
15 NEAR MIDNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 DIMINISHING TO WEST 10
TO 15 THIS EVENING AND SHIFTING TO NORTH 15 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. DRIZZLE AND SHOWERS MIXED WITH FLURRIES ENDING
THIS EVENING. MIST PATCHES IN THE APPROACHES LIFTING THIS EVENING.
LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. DOCKSIDE ACCUMULATION ONE TO 3 CM.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS EXCEPT ONE TO 4 IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): FALLING FROM PLUS 2 THIS EVENING TO
MINUS 6 BEFORE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): FALLING FROM PLUS 2 THIS EVENING TO
MINUS 5 BEFORE MORNING.
WIND CHILL: REACHING MINUS 12 BEFORE MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 3 LOWERING TO ONE TO
2 OVERNIGHT.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR 2.
3. FORECAST VALID 10Z 01 FEBRUARY - 04Z 2 FEBRUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTH 10 TO 15 BECOMING
NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTH 15 TO 20 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20
GUSTING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING.
CLEARING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS EXCEPT ONE TO 4 IN SNOW IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): STEADY NEAR MINUS 8 THROUGHOUT THE DAY
DROPPING TO MINUS 11 IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR MINUS 6.
WIND CHILL: NEAR MINUS 13 DURING THE DAY LOWERING TO MINUS 15 TO
MINUS 20 IN THE EVENING.
FREEZING SPRAY: MODERATE DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2 BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 IN THE AFTERNOON.
4. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY.
WINDS (KTS): NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 6 / MINUS 15.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 BECOMING SOUTH 15.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. FLURRIES MIXING WITH RAIN SHOWERS
BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 2 / MINUS 8.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS CHANGING TO FLURRIES THEN
ENDING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 3 / ZERO.
END/METOC-HFX
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