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FPCN10 CWHF 202211 AAA
REVISED FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 202211Z JANUARY 2025.
..AMENDED FOR STRENGTH OF WIND GUSTS THIS EVENING
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT.
MODERATE TO STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH ATLANTIC
CANADA. FALLING AIR TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WINDS TO
GIVE WIND CHILL AND FREEZING SPRAY CONDITIONS.
TUESDAY MORNING WINDS WILL EASE AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY OVER THE
LABRADOR SEA AND FREEZING SPRAY AND WIND CHILL CONDITIONS WILL
MODERATE. HOWEVER ANOTHER WEAK LOW CENTRE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH
WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BRING MODERATE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF IT AND THEN MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS IN ITS WAKE LATER IN THE EVENING.
2. FORECAST VALID 22Z 20 JANUARY - 10Z 21 JANUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WESTERLY 10 TO 15 GUSTING 25
BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 OVERNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WESTERLY 15 TO 20 GUSTING 30 BECOMING
NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF FLURRIES. PARTIAL CLEARING
LATE OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW MINUS 13.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW MINUS 10.
WIND CHILL: FALLING TO MINUS 18 TO MINUS 21 OVERNIGHT.
FREEZING SPRAY: LIGHT BECOMING MODERATE THIS EVENING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 3 TO 4 LOWERING TO 2 TO 3
OVERNIGHT.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): 2 TO 3.
3. FORECAST VALID 10Z 21 JANUARY - 04Z 22 JANUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20
DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 IN THE MORNING AND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 IN
THE AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 DIMINISHING
TO WEST 10 TO 15 IN THE MORNING AND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN
THE AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 IN THE EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY. BECOMING MAINLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS. ONE TO 4 IN LIGHT SNOW IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH MINUS 6.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH MINUS 3.
WIND CHILL: MINUS 18 TO MINUS 21 MODERATING ABOVE MINUS 15 EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON.
FREEZING SPRAY: MODERATE BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 3 LOWERING TO ONE TO
2 IN THE MORNING.
4. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): NORTH 10 TO 15 BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 9/MINUS 12.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - THURSDAY 23 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 3/MINUS 13.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - FRIDAY 24 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 3/MINUS 8.
END/METOC-HFX
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