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FPCN10 CWHF 260830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 260830Z MARCH 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.
GUST WARNING IN EFFECT.
A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO NOVA SCOTIA TODAY. INCREASING SOUTHERLY
WINDS ARE FORECAST. WINDS BECOME SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
WARM SECTOR AND THEN START TO INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE
FORECAST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHIFT AND DIMINISH
TO NORTHWEST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES FRIDAY MORNING. MODERATE
NORTHERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST FRIDAY NIGHT.
2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 26 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15 INCREASING
TO SOUTHERLY 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 THIS MORNING SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST
10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15 INCREASING THIS MORNING
TO SOUTHERLY 20 GUSTING 25 THIS MORNING DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15
TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. OVER THE HARBOUR AND BASIN.. SNOW DEVELOPING
AND MIXING WITH RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND CHANGING TO RAIN AND
MIST BEFORE NOON TAPERING SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE WITH MIST AND FOG
PATCHES LATE IN THE DAY. OVER THE APPROACHES.. PERIODS OF RAIN AND
MIXED WITH SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN AND MIST WITH FOG PATCHES THIS
MORNING AND TAPERING TO SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE WITH EXTENSIVE MIST AND
FOG LATE IN THE DAY.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS QUICKLY LOWERING TO ONE TO 4 IN
PRECIPITATION AND MIST AND TO ONE HALF OR LESS IN FOG.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 7.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 3.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2 BUILDING TO NEAR
2 LATE IN THE DAY.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): PLUS ONE.
3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 26 MARCH - 09Z 27 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 INCREASING
TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 IN THE EVENING AND TO SOUTHWEST 20
TO 25 GUSTING 35 OVERNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
20 GUSTING 30 IN THE EVENING AND TO SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING 35
OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE BECOMING RAIN OVERNIGHT.
SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORM LATE OVERNIGHT. MIST AND EXTENSIVE FOG.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE TO 4 IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST AND ZERO TO ONE
HALF IN FOG.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): STEADY NEAR PLUS 5.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR PLUS 3.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 3.
4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 27 MARCH - 03Z 28 MARCH.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING 35
DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 TO 15 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING 25 NEAR NOON THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15
GUSTING 20 IN THE AFTERNOON AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING 35 DIMINISHING TO
WEST 15 TO 20 EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20
GUSTING 25 NEAR NOON THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 GUSTING 25 IN THE
AFTERNOON AND NORTH 10 TO 15 IN THE EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY. RAIN TAPERING TO SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE IN THE
MORNING BECOMING MIXED WITH A FEW FLURRIES NEAR NOON THEN JUST A
CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. CLEARING IN THE EVENING. MIST
AND FOG LIFTING BEFORE NOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE TO 4 IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST AND ZERO TO ONE
HALF IN FOG IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): FALLING TO PLUS 3 IN THE MORNING THEN
STEADY.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR PLUS 3.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 3.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SATURDAY 28 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): NORTH 10 TO 15 BECOMING LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS AND A FEW FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 2 / MINUS 8.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - SUNDAY 29 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD AND CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS ONE / MINUS 8.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - MONDAY 30 MARCH.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH A SHOWERS DEVELOPING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 5 / ZERO.
END/METOC-HFX
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