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FPCN10 CWHF 202130
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 202130Z DECEMBER 2024.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
GUST WARNING IN EFFECT.
A LOW-PRESSURE 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 AND GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE HALIFAX AREA TONIGHT.
2. FORECAST VALID 22Z 20 DECEMBER - 10Z 21 DECEMBER.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING EAST 15 TO
20 THIS EVENING THEN NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35 OVERNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 INCREASING TO EAST 20
TO 25 THIS EVENING AND TO NORTHEAST 25 GUSTING 35 OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH RAIN AT ONSET. SNOW AT TIMES HEAVY BY MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING
MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS LATE OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL DOCKSIDE BLOWING
SNOW OVERNIGHT. DOCKSIDE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 15 TO 20 CM.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS LOWERING TO ONE QUARTER TO 2 IN SNOW AND
DOCKSIDE BLOWING SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT THEN IMPROVING TO ONE TO 4 IN
SNOW AND ICE PELLETS LATE OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): STEADY NEAR ZERO.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR PLUS ONE.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 1.5 BUILDING TO 2
TO 3 THIS EVENING AND TO 3 TO 4 OVERNIGHT.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): 5 TO 6.
3. FORECAST VALID 10Z 21 DECEMBER - 04Z 22 DECEMBER.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35
BACKING TO NORTH 15 TO 20 GUSTING 30 IN THE MORNING AND TO
NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 30 IN THE AFTERNOON THEN WEAKENING TO
NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHEAST 25 GUSTING 35 BACKING TO NORTH
20 GUSTING 30 IN THE MORNING AND TO NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING 30 IN THE
AFTERNOON THEN WEAKENING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 IN THE
EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS AT TIMES EARLY IN
THE MORNING THEN TAPERING TO FLURRIES EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
OCCASIONAL DOCKSIDE BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. DOCKSIDE SNOW AND
ICE PELLET AMOUNTS NEAR 5 CM.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE HALF TO 4 IN SNOW AND ICE PELLETS AND
OCCASIONAL DOCKSIDE BLOWING SNOW IMPROVING TO 4 TO 6 PLUS IN
FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH PLUS ONE.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 2.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 3 TO 4 LOWERING TO 2 TO 3
IN THE MORNING.
4. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER.
WINDS (KTS): NORTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 5 / MINUS 8.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - MONDAY 23 DECEMBER.
WINDS (KTS): NORTH 10 TO 15 BECOMING LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 6 / MINUS 11.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - TUESDAY 24 DECEMBER.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): ZERO / MINUS 10.
END/METOC-HFX
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