FPCN10 CWHF 272130
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 272130Z FEBRUARY 2025.

1. WARNING STATEMENT.

   GALE WARNING IN EFFECT

   AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF THE GREAT LAKES THIS
   AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO ATLANTIC CANADA TONIGHT AND DEPART THE
   REGION ON FRIDAY. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW ARE
   FORECAST TO REACH GALE STRENGTH WITH PEAK GUSTS REACHING 50 KNOTS
   OVER EXPOSED AREAS OF THE APPROACHES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL EASE
   INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE STRENGTHENING SOMEWHAT AGAIN IN THE
   WAKE OF A SECONDARY TROUGH PASSING THROUGH THE REGION LATE FRIDAY.

2. FORECAST VALID 22Z 27 FEBRUARY - 10Z 28 FEBRUARY.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 QUICKLY
 INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 EARLY THIS EVENING AND TO
 BECOMING SOUTH 25 GUSTING 35 BY MID EVENING THEN 25 TO 35 GUSTING
 45 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WINDS EASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35
 OVERNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 INCREASING QUICKLY
 TO SOUTH 20 GUSTING 30 EARLY THIS EVENING AND TO SOUTH 30 TO
 35 GUSTING 45 BY MID EVENING THEN TO SOUTH 40 GUSTING 50 NEAR
 MIDNIGHT. WINDS EASING TO SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING 40 OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY THIS
 EVENING. RISK OF ICE PELLETS EARLY THIS EVENING. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING. MIST AND FOG DEVELOPING THIS EVENING.
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 3 CM THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): ZERO TO 2.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): RISING TO PLUS 6 IN THE EVENING THEN
 STEADY.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): RISING TO PLUS 3 IN THE EVENING THEN
 STEADY.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 2 TO 3 BUILDING TO 3 TO
 4.5 BY MIDNIGHT.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR ONE.

3. FORECAST VALID 10Z 28 FEBRUARY - 04Z 1 MARCH.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 35
 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 GUSTING 25 IN THE MORNING THEN WEST 15 TO 20
 EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 25 DEVELOPING MID AFTERNOON. WINDS
 VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST
 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 IN THE MORNING THEN WEST 20 TO 25 EARLY
 AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 30 DEVELOPING MID AFTERNOON. WINDS VEERING
 TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. RAIN, AT TIMES HEAVY, ENDING IN THE MORNING.
 FOG AND MIST RETREATING TO THE APPROACHES IN THE MORNING AND
 CLEARING NEAR NOON AFTERNOON. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN
 THE AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY. CHANCE OF
 FLURRIES IN THE EVENING.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE QUARTER TO 2 IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS IN THE MORNING
 OVER THE HARBOUR AND BASIN AND IN THE AFTERNOON OVER NEAR NOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH PLUS 7.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH PLUS 4.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 3 TO 4 GRADUALLY SUBSIDING
 TO 2 TO 3 BY THE END OF PERIOD.

4. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - SATURDAY 1 MARCH.

WINDS (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 THEN TO SOUTH 20 TO 25.
SKY/WEATHER: INCREASING CLOUDS EARLY WITH FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON
 CHANGING TO SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 4 / MINUS 6.

5. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - SUNDAY 2 MARCH.

WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 4 / MINUS 5.

6. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - MONDAY 3 MARCH.

WINDS (KTS): NORTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): MINUS 6 / MINUS 11.

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