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WEATHER BULLETIN FOR CFB HALIFAX PROPERTIES AND 12 WING SHEARWATER
PREPARED BY METOC HALIFAX AT 4:15 PM AST FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER 2024.
LOCATION: CFB HALIFAX PROPERTIES (CWHF)
LOCATION: 12 WING SHEARWATER (CYAW)
TYPE: SNOWFALL WARNING IN EFFECT
DESCRIPTION: SNOWFALL OF 20 TO 25 CM
VALID: 21/0000Z TO 21/1800Z (20/2000 AST TO 21/1400 AST)
TYPE: FREEZING PRECIPITATION WARNING IN EFFECT
DESCRIPTION: 2 HOURS OR MORE OF ICE PELLETS
VALID: 21/0800Z TO 21/1400Z (21/0400 AST TO 21/1000 AST)
TYPE: WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT
DESCRIPTION: SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 KTS
VALID: 21/0000Z TO 22/0300Z (20/2000 AST TO 21/2300 AST)
TYPE: WIND WARNING LEVEL ONE IN EFFECT
DESCRIPTION: WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 33 KTS
VALID: 21/0600Z TO 21/1200Z (21/0200 AST TO 21/0800 AST)
COMMENTS: A LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE
UNITED STATES WILL TRACK NORTHWARD TOWARD EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BRING HEAVY SNOW
AND STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE HALIFAX AREA TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION...SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AND
ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES AT ONSET, THAT WILL
LIKELY BE SHORT LIVED. BY MIDNIGHT THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE
HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. BY ABOUT
0400 LOCAL SATURDAY 15 TO 20 CM ARE FORECAST. AT THAT TIME SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN MIXING WITH ICE PELLETS AND THE SNOW AND ICE
PELLET MIX CONTINUES SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE BEGINNING TO EASE
EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FURTHER 5 CM OF SNOW AND ICE PELLETS
ARE FORECAST ON SATURDAY.
WIND...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING
AHEAD OF THE LOW WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS BY 2000 LOCAL. AS
THE LOW CONTINUES APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE NIGHT, WINDS
BACK TO MORE NORTHEAST AND FURTHER INCREASE TO GUSTING 35 KNOTS BY
0200 SATURDAY. AS THE LOW PASSES BY TO THE EAST OF HALIFAX ON
SATURDAY, WINDS BACK TO THE NORTH THEN NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS EASING
SLIGHTLY TO 30 KNOTS BY NOON TIME. THESE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO GUST
IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING WHEN THE LOW LEAVES
THE REGION. THE ABOVE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW.
NEXT UPDATE: THIS BULLETIN WILL BE UPDATED BY 21/0930Z (21/0530 AST)
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