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FPCN10 CWHF 200830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 200830Z MARCH 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
GUST WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY EVENING.
LIGHT WINDS UNDER RIDGING EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO
GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TODAY. MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE APPROACHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL WEAKEN BRIEFLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW/TROUGH MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THEN
INCREASING TO STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGHOUT THE
HARBOUR AND BASIN BY EVENING.
2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 20 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHERLY
10 TO 15 NEAR NOON WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
NEAR NOON WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO
20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THEN
BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. INCREASING CLOUDINESS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH PLUS 4.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 2.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR ONE.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR PLUS ONE.
3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 20 MARCH - 09Z 21 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15 WITH
OCCASIONAL EARLY EVENING GUSTS TO 20.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 BECOMING SOUTH 20
GUSTING 25 OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING
MIXED OVER THE APPROACHES OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION BECOMING RAIN
OVER THE APPROACHES AND A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN OVER THE HARBOUR AND
BASIN BEFORE MORNING. PATCHY MIST DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS DETERIORATING TO ONE TO 5 IN PRECIPITATION
AND PATCHY MIST.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW NEAR ZERO THIS EVENING THEN RISING
TO PLUS 2 OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW NEAR ZERO THIS EVENING THEN RISING
TO PLUS 2 OVERNIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2.
4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 21 MARCH - 03Z 22 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15 WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING
35 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHERLY 20 GUSTING 25 BECOMING SOUTHWEST
15 TO 20 NEAR NOON THEN VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO 25 GUSTING 35 IN THE
EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. RAIN, MIXED WITH SNOW OVER THE HARBOUR AND
BASIN EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING AT TIMES HEAVY NEAR NOON THEN
TAPERING TO FLURRIES EARLY IN THE EVENING AND ENDING LATER IN THE
EVENING. MIST AND FOG BECOMING EXTENSIVE NEAR NOON THEN DISSIPATING
IN THE EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE TO 5 IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST BECOMING ONE
HALF OR LESS TO 2 IN RAIN MIST AND FOG NEAR NOON THEN IMPROVING TO
6 PLUS EXCEPT 4 TO 6 PLUS IN FLURRIES IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH PLUS 4.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 2.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 1.5 TO 2M.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SUNDAY 22 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 IN THE
MORNING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST TO 15 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: INCREASING CLOUDINESS. SNOW DEVELOPING LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 2 / MINUS 4.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - MONDAY 23 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): NORTHEAST 20 TO 30.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): ZERO / MINUS 2.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - TUESDAY 24 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): NORTH 20 TO 30 BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES ENDING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): ZERO / MINUS 3.
END/METOC-HFX
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