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FXCN01 CWHF 020910
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR OPS AREA ALPHA AND THE ECHOES, CFB HALIFAX
PROPERTIES AND 12 WING SHEARWATER ISSUED BY AVIATION AND DEFENCE
SERVICES OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA AT 0930Z ON
MONDAY 02 FEB
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KEY FORECAST POINTS:
-CONDITIONS IMPROVING EARLY THIS MORNING AS FLURRIES AND BLOWING
SNOW END.
-STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EASING THROUGHOUT TODAY.
-WEAK WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE OUTLOOK PERIOD.
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SHORT RANGE DISCUSSION FOR 0600Z 02 FEB TO 0400Z 04 FEB.
MODEL DISCUSSION: USED HRDPS.
CONFIDENCE: HIGH.
COMMENTS/IMPACTS: A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT GAVE US SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST AWAY FROM THE REGION THROUGHOUT
TODAY. LOCAL FLURRIES AND BLOWING SNOW WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING
WITH MAINLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT TODAY IN A STRONG
NORTHWEST FLOW. OCCASIONAL GALES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE APPROACHES
WITH GUST TO GALES IN THE INNER HARBOUR THIS MORNING WHICH WILL EASE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
TUESDAY REMAINS IN A LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHWEST FLOW WITH MAINLY
CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND A CHANCE OF FLURRIES. ROUGH SEAS OVER THE
OUTER HARBOUR AND APPROACHES WILL BEGIN TO EASE OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY AS THE LOW LEVEL WINDS SETTLE.
LONG RANGE DISCUSSION FOR 0400Z 04 FEB TO 0400Z 07 FEB.
MODEL DISCUSSION: USED GDPS.
CONFIDENCE: MODERATE TO HIGH.
COMMENTS/IMPACTS: GENERALLY LOW IMPACT WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE
OUTLOOK PERIOD. A FEW WEAK TROUGHS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT GIVING A CHANCE OF FLURRIES WITH NO
SIGNIFICANT WINDS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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