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FPCN10 CWHF 180830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 180830Z JULY 2026.
1. WARNING STATEMENT.
STRONG WIND ADVISORY AND GUST WARNING IN EFFECT.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE APPROACHES.
A RIDGE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST TODAY GIVING WAY TO AN
APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND
BACK THROUGH SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEAST BEFORE MORNING. EXPECT A
BRIEF PERIOD OF GALES OVER THE APPROACHES TO DEVELOP BEFORE
MORNING WITH GUSTS TO GALES WITHIN THE HARBOUR AND BASIN. WINDS
WILL THEN VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEAKEN SOMEWHAT SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE TO VEER TO THE WEST AND WEAKEN FURTHER
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 18 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
10 TO 15 NEAR NOON WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 25.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WESTERLY 10 OR LESS BECOMING SOUTHWEST
10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 NEAR NOON AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD NEAR NOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 25.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 18.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE OR LESS.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): 14 TO 15.
3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 18 JULY - 09Z 19 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 WITH A FEW
GUSTS TO 25 BECOMING SOUTHERLY 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 NEAR MIDNIGHT
AND SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35 BEFORE MORNING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 BECOMING SOUTHERLY 25
TO 30 NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO SOUTHEAST 30 TO 35 BEFORE MORNING.
SKY/WEATHER: BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SHOWERS
DEVELOPING NEAR MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS, AT TIMES HEAVY, WITH A RISK OF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BEFORE MORNING. PATCHY MIST AND FOG
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS BECOMING ONE TO 4 IN SHOWERS AND MIST AND
ONE HALF OR LESS IN PATCHY FOG.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): LOW 17.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): LOW 15.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR ONE BUILDING TO ONE
TO 2 THIS EVENING AND 2 TO 3 BEFORE MORNING.
4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 19 JULY - 03Z 20 JULY.
WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35
DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 15 TO 20 WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 25 EARLY IN THE
MORNING AND TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20 NEAR NOON THEN TO
WESTERLY 10 OR LESS IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHEAST 30 TO 35 DIMINISHING TO
SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 IN THE MORNING AND TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 IN THE
AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING WESTERLY 15 IN THE EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS, AT TIMES HEAVY, AND A RISK OF
THUNDERSHOWERS ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN GRADUAL CLEARING IN THE
AFTERNOON. PATCHY MIST AND FOG RETREATING TO THE APPROACHES IN THE
MORNING THEN DISSIPATING IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE TO 4 IN SHOWERS AND MIST AND ONE HALF OR LESS
IN PATCHY FOG IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS IN THE HARBOUR AND BASIN IN THE
MORNING AND IN THE APPROACHES IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 23.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 17.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 3 SUBSIDING TO ONE TO
2 IN THE EVENING.
5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - MONDAY 20 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): WESTERLY 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 24 / 15.
6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - TUESDAY 21 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 BECOMING SOUTH 10.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY THEN INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 25 / 15.
7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - WEDNESDAY 22 JULY.
WINDS (KTS): SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 INCREASING TO SOUTHERLY 20 TO 30.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 21 / 15.
END/METOC-HFX
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