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FPCN10 CWHF 160830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 160830Z JULY 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.
A TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH NOVA SCOTIA LATER TODAY AND GENERATE
STRONG SOUTHWEST THEN WEST WINDS OVER THE APPROACHES.
2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 16 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WEST 10 OR LESS BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 OCCASIONALLY GUSTING 20 NEAR NOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20
GUSTING 25 NEAR NOON.
SKY/WEATHER: SUNNY BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 26.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 18.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR 1.5 BUILDING TO 2 TO
2.5 LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR 15.
3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 16 JULY - 09Z 17 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 WITH OCCASIONAL
EVENING GUSTS TO 20.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 WEAKENING TO WEST
10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AT TIMES HEAVY AND RISK OF A
THUNDERSTORM THEN CLEARING LATE THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): 2 TO 6 IN SHOWERS BECOMING 6 PLUS LATE THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW 15.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW 15.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 2.5 LOWERING TO 1.5
TO 2 THIS EVENING THEN TO NEAR ONE LATE OVERNIGHT.
4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 17 JULY - 03Z 18 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 OCCASIONALLY
GUSTING 20 BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 BECOMING
NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN THE EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY BECOMING MAINLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 22.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 19.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR ONE.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SATURDAY 18 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 23 / 16.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - SUNDAY 19 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTH 20 TO 30 VEERING AND WEAKENING TO WEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS ENDING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 22 / 16.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - MONDAY 20 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 23 / 16.
END/METOC-HFX
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