FPCN10 CWHF 150830
FORECAST FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR AND APPROACHES ISSUED BY
METOC HALIFAX AT 150830Z JUNE 2026.

1. WARNING STATEMENT.

STRONG WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH NOVA SCOTIA TODAY WITH AN
INCREASING SOUTHEAST FLOW. THR TROUGH IS FORECAST TO CROSS NEAR
HALIFAX NEAR OR AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH WINDS DIMINISHING TO
LIGHT OVERNIGHT. A LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY
BEHIND THE TROUGH.

2. FORECAST VALID 09-21Z 15 JUNE.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHEASTERLY 10 INCREASING TO
 SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 20 LATE IN THE DAY.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHEASTERLY 10 TO 15 INCREASING TO
 SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST WITH MIST, FOG, PATCHY DRIZZLE AND A CHANCE
 OF SHOWERS. A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. FOG AND MIST
 BECOMING PATCHY INSIDE THE HARBOUR AND BASIN THIS AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (NM): ZERO TO ONE IN DRIZZLE FOG AND MIST IMPROVING TO
 ONE HALF TO 4 IN THE HARBOUR AND BASIN THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 12.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR 9.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR ONE.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): NEAR 9.

3. FORECAST VALID 21Z 15 JUNE - 09Z 16 JUNE.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 GUSTING 20
 INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 GUSTING 25 THIS EVENING THEN
 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 INCREASING TO TO
 SOUTHEAST 20 GUSTING 25 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT LATE
 OVERNIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER: OVERCAST WITH PERIODS OF DRIZZLE WITH MIST AND FOG.
 SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSHOWERS.
VISIBILITY (NM): ZERO TO ONE IN FOG DRIZZLE AND MIST AND 2 TO 5 IN
 SHOWERS AND MIST.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): STEADY NEAR 12.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): STEADY NEAR 10.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): ONE TO 2 BUILDING TO NEAR
 2 NEAR MIDNIGHT.

4. FORECAST VALID 09Z 16 JUNE - 03Z 17 JUNE.

WINDS - HARBOUR/BEDFORD BASIN (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 10
 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS - APPROACHES (KTS): LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN THE
 AFTERNOON AND NORTHWEST 10 IN THE EVENING.
SKY/WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSHOWER
 ENDING IN THE MORNING. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD DURING
 THE AFTERNOON AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AGAIN IN THE EVENING. FOG AND
 MIST BECOMING PATCHY IN THE MORNING THEN LIFTING IN THE AFTERNOON
 IN THE HARBOUR AND BASIN AND IN THE EVENING IN THE APPROACHES.
VISIBILITY (NM): ZERO TO 2 IMPROVING TO ONE HALF TO 3 IN THE MORNING
 THEN 6 PLUS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE HARBOUR AND BASIN AND IN THE
 EVENING IN THE APPROACHES.
TEMPERATURE - DOCKYARD (C): HIGH 21.
TEMPERATURE - APPROACHES (C): HIGH 12.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - APPROACHES (M): NEAR 2 LOWERING TO ONE TO
 2 IN THE MORNING.

5. OUTLOOK DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE.

WINDS (KTS): LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 24 / 14.

6. OUTLOOK DAY 4 - THURSDAY 18 JUNE.

WINDS (KTS): SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: MAINLY SUNNY THEN INCREASING CLOUDS LATER IN THE DAY.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 21 / 13.

7. OUTLOOK DAY 5 - FRIDAY 19 JUNE.

WINDS (KTS): SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15.
SKY/WEATHER: SHOWERS ENDING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (C): 22 / 12.

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