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FPCN10 CWHF 170830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 170830Z JULY 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
AS A TROUGH APPROACHES THE MARITIMES FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY, A
SHARPENING LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR THE HALIFAX REGION BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 17 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WESTERLY 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WESTERLY 15 GUSTING 25.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY BECOMING MAINLY CLOUDY NEAR NOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 22.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 18.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 1.5.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR 14.
3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 17 JULY - 09Z 18 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WESTERLY 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20
DIMINISHING TO LIGHT THIS EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WESTERLY 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 WITH GUSTS
ENDING THIS EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING THEN
A FEW CLOUDS OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW 16.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW 15.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR ONE.
4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 18 JULY - 03Z 19 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO
15 IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25
IN THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WESTERLY 10 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
GUSTING 20 IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25
GUSTING 30 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY BECOMING MAINLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 24.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 17.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE OR LESS BECOMING ONE
TO 1.5 IN THE AFTERNOON.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SUNDAY 19 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTH 20 TO 35 VEERING AND WEAKENING TO WEST 15 TO 20
GUSTING 25.
SKY/WEATHER: SHOWERS ENDING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 23 / 16.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - MONDAY 20 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 24 / 15.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - TUESDAY 21 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 22 / 15.
END/METOC-HFX
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