FPCN10 CWHF 280930
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 280930Z JANUARY 2025.

1. WARNING STATEMENT.

STRONG WIND ADVISORY AND GUST WARNING IN EFFECT.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE APPROACHES,
FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT.

 A COLD FRONTAL TROUGH APPROACHING THE REGION IS BRINGING STRONG TO
GALE FORCE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF IT. WINDS WILL EASE LATE
THIS MORNING AS THE TROUGH LINE MOVES THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA BEFORE
STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP IN BEHIND IT THIS EVENING.
THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FALLING AIR
TEMPERATURES BRINGING WIND CHILL AND FREEZING SPRAY CONDITIONS THIS
EVENING AS WELL.
 WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS A WEAK RIDGE MOVES THROUGH THE
MARITIMES AFTER THE TROUGH. THEN ON WEDNESDAY A RELATIVELY WEAK LOW
IS FORECAST TO MOVE BY SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA AND BRING A LIGHT
TO MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW LATER IN THE DAY BACKING TO A LIGHT TO
MODERATE NORTHERLY FLOW IN THE EVENING.

2. FORECAST VALID 10-22Z 28 JANUARY.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35
 DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 25 LATE THIS MORNING THEN
 BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 25 LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 GUSTING 40 DIMINISHING
 TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 30 LATE THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING
 WEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 30 LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES BEGINNING THIS
 MORNING CHANGING TO FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON. PATCHY MIST POSSIBLE
 IN SHOWERS.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS. 3 TO 6 IN SHOWERS AND MIST OR FLURRIES.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH PLUS 3.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 3.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 3 TO 4 LOWERING TO 2 TO 3
 THIS AFTERNOON.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR 2.

3. FORECAST VALID 22Z 28 JANUARY - 10Z 29 JANUARY.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 25
 INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 35 THIS EVENING THEN
 DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 25 NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO
 WEST 10 OVERNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 30 INCREASING TO
 NORTHWEST 25 GUSTING 35 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST
 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO WEST 10 TO 15 OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES ENDING THIS EVENING THEN
 PARTIAL CLEARING.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE TO 5 IN FLURRIES THIS EVENING OTHERWISE 6 PLUS.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): FALLING RAPIDLY TO MINUS 8 THIS EVENING
 WITH A LOW OF MINUS 10.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): FALLING RAPIDLY TO MINUS 5 THIS EVENING
 WITH A LOW OF MINUS 6.
WIND CHILL: FALLING TO MINUS 15 THIS EVENING.
FREEZING SPRAY: MODERATE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 3 LOWERING TO ONE TO
 2 OVERNIGHT.

4. FORECAST VALID 10Z 29 JANUARY - 04Z 30 JANUARY.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): WEST 10 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT IN
 THE MORNING THEN BECOMING EAST 10 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BACKING
 TO NORTH 10 TO 15 IN THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT IN THE
 MORNING THEN BECOMING EAST 10 TO 15 IN THE AFTERNOON AND BACKING TO
 NORTH 10 TO 15 IN THE EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: BECOMING MAINLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. SNOW BEGINNING
 IN THE AFTERNOON AND ENDING IN THE EVENING. DOCKSIDE SNOWFALL
 AMOUNTS 2 TO 4 CM.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS. LOWERING TO THREE QUARTERS TO 3 IN SNOW IN
 THE AFTERNOON THEN IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH MINUS 3.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH MINUS ONE.
WIND CHILL: MINUS 12 TO MINUS 15 IN THE MORNING THEN MODERATING.
FREEZING SPRAY: MODERATE BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN
 ENDING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2.

5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - THURSDAY 30 JANUARY.

WINDS (KTS): NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING EARLY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 7/ MINUS 12.

6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - FRIDAY 31 JANUARY.

WINDS (KTS): NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 BECOMING LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: BECOMING MAINLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW
 DEVELOPING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 5/MINUS 13.

7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - SATURDAY 01 FEBRUARY.

WINDS (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 7/MINUS 10.

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