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FPCN10 CWHF 220830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 220830Z AUGUST 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SERIES OF TROUGHS/LOWS ANCHORED BY A
MAIN LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AS THE FIRST TROUGH/LOW
PASSES TO THE WEST, EXPECT WINDS TO VEER TO A SOUTHERLY LATE
SUNDAY.
2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 22 AUGUST.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO EASTERLY 10
THIS MORNING AND EASTERLY 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS
TO 20 LATE IN THE DAY.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): EASTERLY 10 INCREASING TO EASTERLY 10 TO
15 NEAR NOON AND TO EASTERLY 15 GUSTING 20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 23.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR 19.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): LESS THAN ONE.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): 18 TO 19.
3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 22 AUGUST - 09Z 23 AUGUST.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): EASTERLY 10 TO 15 WITH A FEW
EARLY EVENING GUSTS TO 20 VEERING TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 NEAR DAWN.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): EASTERLY 15 GUSTING 20 VEERING TO
SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 NEAR DAWN.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. RAIN, AT
TIMES HEAVY, WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING NEAR
MIDNIGHT. PATCHY MIST AND FOG DEVELOPING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN
BECOMING EXTENSIVE OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS EXCEPT ONE TO 4 IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST
AND PATCHY ONE HALF OR LESS IN FOG BECOMING ONE HALF OR LESS TO 2
IN PRECIPITATION MIST AND FOG OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW 19.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR 19.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE OR LESS BUILDING TO
ONE TO 1.5 OVERNIGHT.
4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 23 AUGUST - 03Z 24 AUGUST.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 20 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 BECOMING 20 GUSTING 25
IN THE EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. RAIN, AT TIMES HEAVY, TAPERING TO PATCHY
DRIZZLE AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS NEAR NOON THEN BECOMING RAIN, AT
TIMES HEAVY IN THE EVENING. RISK OF THUNDERSHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN
THE MORNING AND EVENING. FOG AND MIST.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE HALF OR LESS TO 2 IN PRECIPITATION MIST AND FOG.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 23.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 21.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - MONDAY 24 AUGUST.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHERLY 15 TO 20 BECOMING SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST WITH SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE. RISK OF
THUNDERSTORMS. FOG AND MIST.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 22 / 20.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - TUESDAY 25 AUGUST.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: CLEARING IN THE MORNING. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND
CLOUD WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 24 / 17.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 24 / 16.
END/METOC-HFX
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