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FPCN10 CWHF 070930
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 070930Z JANUARY 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO SLIDE SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA
TODAY THEN MOVE INTO NEWFOUNDLAND THURSDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG
EASTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL BACK TO MODERATE TO STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS IN ITS WAKE.
2. FORECAST VALID 10-22Z 07 JANUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): EAST 10 TO 15 GUSTING TO 20
INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): EAST 15 TO 20 GUSTING TO 25 INCREASING TO
EAST 20 TO 25 GUSTING TO 30 THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE AND PATCHY MIST BECOMING
RAIN MIST AND PATCHY FOG NEAR NOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE TO 4 IN RAIN, DRIZZLE AND MIST AND ONE HALF OR
LESS IN FOG.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH PLUS 4.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 4.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR 1.5.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): 3.
3. FORECAST VALID 22Z 07 JANUARY - 10Z 08 JANUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHEAST 15 BECOMING NORTHWEST
10 TO 15 THIS EVENING THEN NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 TOWARD MORNING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 BECOMING NORTHWEST 15
THIS EVENING THEN NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 TOWARD MORNING.
SKY/WEATHER: RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS CHANGING TO A CHANCE OF FLURRIES TOWARD MORNING. MIST AND
PATCHY FOG DISSIPATING THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE TO 4 IN RAIN, DRIZZLE AND MIST AND ONE HALF OR
LESS IN FOG. IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW ZERO.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW PLUS ONE.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 1.5 TO 2.
4. FORECAST VALID 10Z 08 JANUARY - 04Z 09 JANUARY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 WITH
OCCASIONAL MORNING GUSTS TO 25. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15
IN THE AFTERNOON AND LIGHT NORTHWEST IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 WITH OCCASIONAL MORNING
GUSTS TO 25. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH THE CHANCE OF FLURRIES. BECOMING A
MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH PLUS 3.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 3.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 1.5 TO 2.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - FRIDAY 9 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): NORTHWEST 10 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 3 / MINUS 3.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - SATURDAY 10 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 25 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 THEN NORTHERLY 10.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 7 / PLUS ONE.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - SUNDAY 11 JANUARY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHEAST 20 BECOMING LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: PERIODS OF RAIN.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 4 / PLUS ONE.
END/METOC-HFX
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