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FPCN10 CWHF 250830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 250830Z MARCH 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
GUST WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE APPROACHES THIS MORNING.
A QUICK MOVING TROUGH WILL TRACK THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING
GIVING GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OVER THE AREA. WINDS WILL EASE
SOMEWHAT IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH BUT REMAIN GUSTY FROM THE WEST
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS DEVELOPING ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM.
2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 25 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 BECOMING SOUTHWEST
15 TO 20 GUSTING 30 EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN WEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING
25 IN NEAR NOON, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN WEST 15 TO 20
GUSTING 25 IN NEAR NOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES DEVELOPING THIS
MORNING AND ENDING LATE IN THE MORNING. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND
CLOUD NEAR NOON THEN CLEARING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS. ONE TO 3 IN SCATTERED MORNING FLURRIES.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 6.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 4.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR ONE.
3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 25 MARCH - 09Z 26 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WEST 15 GUSTING 25 BECOMING
LIGHT THIS EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 30 BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 THIS EVENING THEN SOUTH 10 TO 15 OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: CLEAR. INCREASING CLOUDINESS OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW PLUS ONE.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW PLUS ONE.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2 BECOMING NEAR ONE
OVERNIGHT.
4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 26 MARCH - 03Z 27 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO
15 IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTH 10 TO 15 INCREASING TO SOUTH 15
TO 20 IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE
MORNING THEN CHANGING TO RAIN. RAIN TAPERING TO DRIZZLE IN THE
AFTERNOON. MIST AND FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS BECOMING ONE HALF TO 3 IN PRECIPITATION, FOG
AND MIST IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 6.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 5.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR ONE BECOMING 1.5 TO
2.5 IN THE MORNING.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - FRIDAY 27 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20
THEN NORTHWEST 15 TO 25.
SKY/WEATHER: RAIN ENDING THEN PARTIAL CLEARING AND A CHANCE OF
FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 7 / PLUS 3.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - SATURDAY 28 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): NORTHERLY 10 TO 15 BECOMING LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 3 / MINUS 9.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - SUNDAY 29 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 2 / MINUS 10.
END/METOC-HFX
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