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12-Dec-2025 10:56 ADT 12-Dec-2025 13:56 UTC

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Current Conditions


Regular Observation at North Alton, NS
at 09:08 on 2025-12-12
Temperature-6.8°C
Humidity95%
Dewpoint-7.5°C
Barometer99.28kPa (↗)
Wind Speed12.8km/h
Gusting to25.7km/h
Wind Direction332°T (NW)
Rain last 5min0.0mm
Rain since 08:000.0mm
Wind Chill-12.3 / -14.8°C


Today Summary at 09:08 on 2025-12-12
High Temperature-4.2 °C00:00
Low Temperature-7.4 °C05:55
Max Wind18.3 km/h03:21
Max gust35.4 km/h03:38
Avg direction262 °T (W)
Wind Run45.9 km
Total Rain0.0 mm


Yesterday Summary at 23:59 on 2025-12-11
High Temperature7.3 °C12:39
Low Temperature-4.1 °C23:52
Max Wind27.0 km/h22:13
Max gust50.0 km/h22:12
Avg direction249 °T (W)
Wind Run130.5 km
Total Rain1.8 mm





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Kentville Forecast


Kentville Forecast issued on 12-Dec-2025 at 05:00 AM AST
Alert:  YELLOW WARNING - SNOW SQUALL, Kings County

Friday:   Flurries and snow squalls. Blowing snow over exposed areas. Amount 2 cm except 10 cm in the heaviest flurries. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 70. High minus 3. Wind chill near minus 15.

   Friday night:   Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this evening and after midnight. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low minus 5. Wind chill near minus 13.

Saturday:   Mainly cloudy. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High zero. Wind chill minus 11 in the morning. UV index 1 or low.

   Saturday night:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 2.

Sunday:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. High zero.

   Sunday night:   Snow. Low minus 4.

Monday:   Flurries. High minus 5.

   Monday night:   Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 7.

Tuesday:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. High minus 5.

   Tuesday night:   Cloudy. Low minus 7.

Wednesday:   Cloudy. High plus 1.

   Wednesday night:   Cloudy. Low minus 1.

Thursday:   Cloudy with 30 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. High 7.

Marine

Marine Forecast issued on 12-Dec-2025 at 3:00 AM AST
FQCN13 CWHX 120700 Marine forecasts for the Maritimes issued by Environment Canada at 3:00 a.m. AST Friday 12 December 2025 for today tonight and Saturday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 10:00 a.m. AST.

Fundy

Gale warning in effect. Freezing spray warning in effect. Wind west 35 knots diminishing to northwest 25 early this evening then backing to west 20 Saturday morning. Wind backing to southwest 20 Saturday afternoon. Flurries ending this evening. Showers Saturday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries. Freezing spray ending near noon. Temperatures minus 4 rising to plus 5 Saturday evening.

Grand Manan

Gale warning in effect. Freezing spray warning in effect. Wind west 35 knots diminishing to northwest 25 early this evening then backing to west 20 Saturday morning. Wind backing to southwest 20 Saturday afternoon. Flurries ending this evening. Showers Saturday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries. Freezing spray ending near noon. Temperatures minus 4 rising to plus 5 Saturday evening.

Lurcher

Gale warning in effect. Wind west 40 knots diminishing to west 30 near midnight and to southwest 20 Saturday afternoon. Flurries ending overnight. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries. Temperatures plus 2 rising to plus 6 Saturday evening.

Today

Today's temperatures and rainfall at
red - temperature   pink - humidex   light blue - wind chill
purple - pressure   blue - rainfall   circles - Kentville data

Yesterday

Yesterday's temperatures and rainfall at
red - temperature   pink - humidex   light blue - wind chill
purple - pressure   blue - rainfall   circles - Kentville data

 

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current surface map
Updated: 11-Dec-2025 at 11:15 PM AST

Upper Level Map

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The winds at this level are what move the surface weather.

upper level (250mb) map
Updated: 11-Dec-2025 at 10:37 PM AST

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Astronomical Forecast


 Lunar Phase 

Lunar phase
2025-12-12 05:51 AST
22.02d, 51%

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