FPCN10 CWHF 230930
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 230930Z FEBRUARY 2026.

1. WARNING STATEMENT.

   STORM FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.

   AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD
   OF THE US AND APPROACH SOUTHWEST NOVA SCOTIA THIS EVENING THEN
   SLIDE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA OVERNIGHT AND INTO
   NEWFOUNDLAND TUESDAY.

   EXPECT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
   TODAY AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM, REACHING GUSTS TO GALES THIS MORNING,
   GUSTS TO STORM FORCE NEAR NOON AND SUSTAINED STORM FORCE WINDS
   WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE STRENGTH OVER THE APPROACHES LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL EASE SOMEWHAT AND VEER TO
   THE NORTH LATE THIS EVENING TOWARDS MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW PASSES
   JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION. WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME
   STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM BEFORE DAWN
   TUESDAY THEN GRADUALLY EASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

   SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE LOCAL REGION LATE THIS
   MORNING THEN INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE MIXING OR
   POSSIBLY CHANGING TO RAIN OR DRIZZLE NEAR MIDNIGHT. RAIN OR
   DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE BACK TO A FEW FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING
   TUESDAY. EXPECT TOTAL DOCKSIDE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 20 TO 25 CM
   BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN OR DRIZZLE.  ADDITIONALLY, STRONG
   WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POOR CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW AND
   DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

   FROM THE PUBLIC WEATHER OFFICE.. THE COASTLINE OF HALIFAX COUNTY
   IS UNDER A COASTAL FLOODING STATEMENT. DURING HIGH TIDE MONDAY
   EVENING, LARGE WAVES OF 5 TO 7 METRES BREAKING ON APPROACH TO
   SHORE WILL COMBINE WITH A STORM SURGE FROM THE LOW PRESSURE
   SYSTEM AND MAY RAISE WATER LEVELS ABOVE THE HIGHEST ASTRONOMICAL
   TIDE.

2. FORECAST VALID 10-22Z 23 FEBRUARY.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 WITH
 OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 30
 THIS MORNING, TO EASTERLY 20 TO 25 GUSTING 40 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
 AND TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 GUSTING UP TO 50 LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 INCREASING
 TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 GUSTING 35 THIS MORNING, TO EASTERLY 35 TO 45
 GUSTING 55 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TO EASTERLY 45 TO 50 GUSTING UP
 TO 65 LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND BECOMING AT
 TIMES HEAVY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL BLOWING SNOW DOCKSIDE.
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT NEAR 15 CM.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS DETERIORATING TO ONE TO 4 IN SNOW THIS
 MORNING AND TO ONE HALF OR LESS TO ONE IN SNOW, AT TIMES HEAVY, AND
 OCCASIONAL BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH NEAR ZERO.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH NEAR PLUS ONE.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2 BUILDING TO 2 TO
 4 NEAR NOON AND TO 4 TO 6 LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): ZERO TO PLUS ONE.

3. FORECAST VALID 22Z 23 FEBRUARY - 10Z 24 FEBRUARY.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 GUSTING UP TO
 50 DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25
 BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND BECOMING NORTH 10 OVERNIGHT THEN INCREASING TO
 NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING 35 BEFORE MORNING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): EASTERLY 45 TO 50 GUSTING UP TO 65
 DIMINISHING TO EAST 10 TO 15 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 BEFORE
 MIDNIGHT AND BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 OVERNIGHT THEN INCREASING TO
 NORTHWEST 25 GUSTING 35 BEFORE MORNING.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST. SNOW, AT TIMES HEAVY THIS EVENING THEN
 BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGING TO RAIN OR
 DRIZZLE OVER THE APPROACHES AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CHANGING BACK TO A
 FEW FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING. PATCHY MIST AND FOG OVERNIGHT.
 ADDITIONAL DOCKSIDE SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM.
VISIBILITY (NM): ONE HALF OR LESS TO 2 IN PRECIPITATION MIST AND FOG
 IMPROVING TO 6 PLUS EXCEPT 2 TO 6 IN FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): RISING TO PLUS 2 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN
 FALLING TO ZERO BEFORE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): RISING TO PLUS 3 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN
 FALLING TO ZERO BEFORE MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 4 TO 7.

4. FORECAST VALID 10Z 24 FEBRUARY - 04Z 25 FEBRUARY.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 GUSTING 40
 DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
 THEN TO WESTERLY 10 TO 15 LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND TO LIGHT IN
 THE EVENING.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 GUSTING 40 DIMINISHING
 TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN TO
 WESTERLY 10 TO 15 LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES TAPERING TO A CHANCE OF
 FLURRIES NEAR NOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): 6 PLUS EXCEPT 2 TO 6 IN FLURRIES.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): FALLING TO MINUS 2 IN THE MORNING THEN
 HIGH NEAR ZERO.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): FALLING TO MINUS 2 IN THE MORNING THEN
 HIGH NEAR ZERO.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): 5 TO 7 SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4
 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN TO 2 TO 3 LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND TO
 ONE TO 2 IN THE EVENING.

5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY.

WINDS (KTS): WEST 10 TO 15 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
 BECOMING CLOUDY LATE IN THE DAY WITH SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): ZERO / MINUS 5.

6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY.

WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR SHOWERS.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS 4 / MINUS ONE.

7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY.

WINDS (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING EASTERLY 15 TO 25 THEN NORTHERLY 15
 TO 25.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SNOW. SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING OR CHANGING TO
 RAIN.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): PLUS ONE / MINUS 4.

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