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FPCN10 CWHF 132030
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 132030Z MARCH 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT
GUST WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE APPROACHES
A LOW-PRESSURE CENTRE WILL CROSS THE MARITIMES ON SATURDAY. STRONG
SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE LOW, FOLLOWED BY STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE APPROACHES.
2. FORECAST VALID 21Z 13 MARCH - 09Z 14 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 DIMINISHING TO
LIGHT THIS EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A FEW CLOUDS BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING. CHANCE OF
FLURRIES OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW MINUS ONE THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO
PLUS 2 BY MORNING.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW ZERO THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO
PLUS 2 BY MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR 2 BECOMING ONE TO
2 THIS EVENING.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): ZERO TO PLUS ONE.
3. FORECAST VALID 09Z 14 MARCH - 03Z 15 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTH 10 TO 15 INCREASING TO
SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 NEAR NOON THEN VEERING AND WEAKENING TO
SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 IN THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTH 15 INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 20 IN THE
MORNING AND TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 GUSTING 35 NEAR NOON. VEERING TO
SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 GUSTING 35 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING CHANGING TO RAIN
NEAR NOON AND ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND
CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CLOUDY IN THE EVENING. FOG AND MIST
PATCHES DEVELOPING LATE IN THE MORNING THEN DISSIPATING IN THE
AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE HALF TO 4 IN PRECIPITATION, FOG AND MIST
IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 6.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 4.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2 BUILDING TO 2 TO 3
IN THE AFTERNOON.
4. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SUNDAY 15 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 4 / MINUS ONE.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - MONDAY 16 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHEAST 15 INCREASING TO SOUTH 25 TO 35.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH RAIN BEGINNING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 8 / ZERO.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - TUESDAY 17 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTH 35 TO 45.
SKY/WEATHER: PERIODS OF RAIN.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 12 / 6.
END/METOC-HFX
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