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27-Dec-2025 12:13 AST 27-Dec-2025 16:13 UTC

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Current Conditions


Regular Observation at North Alton, NS
at 12:08 on 2025-12-27
Temperature-6.2°C
Humidity84%
Dewpoint-8.4°C
Barometer101.54kPa (↘)
Wind Speed7.0km/h
Gusting to13.0km/h
Wind Direction96°T (E)
Rain last 5min0.0mm
Rain since 11:000.0mm
Wind Chill-9.6 / -11.6°C


Today Summary at 12:08 on 2025-12-27
High Temperature-6.2 °C11:20
Low Temperature-9.8 °C00:34
Max Wind17.4 km/h11:45
Max gust24.1 km/h04:59
Avg direction50 °T (NE)
Wind Run42.4 km
Total Rain0.0 mm


Yesterday Summary at 23:59 on 2025-12-26
High Temperature-6.7 °C00:00
Low Temperature-9.6 °C18:32
Max Wind16.3 km/h07:13
Max gust29.1 km/h06:57
Avg direction28 °T (NE)
Wind Run85.8 km
Total Rain0.0 mm





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Kentville Forecast


Kentville Forecast issued on 27-Dec-2025 at 11:00 AM AST
Saturday:   Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 4. Wind chill near minus 13. UV index 1 or low.

   Saturday night:   Clearing this evening. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 10. Wind chill minus 13 this evening and minus 18 overnight.

Sunday:   Sunny. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 18 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low.

   Sunday night:   Clear. Low minus 9.

Monday:   Periods of freezing rain or rain. High plus 3.

   Monday night:   Rain. Low plus 4.

Tuesday:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Windy. High plus 3.

   Tuesday night:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 8.

Wednesday:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. High minus 3.

   Wednesday night:   Flurries. Low minus 4.

Thursday:   Flurries. High minus 4.

   Thursday night:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 9.

Friday:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. High minus 6.

Marine

Marine Forecast issued on 27-Dec-2025 at 10:00 AM AST
FQCN13 CWHX 271400 Marine forecasts for the Maritimes issued by Environment Canada at 10:00 a.m. AST Saturday 27 December 2025 for today tonight and Sunday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 3:30 p.m. AST.

Fundy

Freezing spray warning in effect. Wind northerly 15 to 20 knots backing to northwest 25 after midnight. Wind northwest 25 Sunday. Freezing spray overnight and Sunday morning. Temperatures minus 7 rising to zero Sunday evening.

Grand Manan

Freezing spray warning in effect. Wind north 20 knots backing to northwest 25 near midnight then diminishing to northwest 15 Sunday evening. Freezing spray overnight and Sunday morning. Temperatures minus 2 falling to minus 7 near midnight then rising to plus 4 Sunday evening.

Lurcher

Wind north 20 knots backing to northwest 25 near midnight then diminishing to westerly 15 Sunday evening. Temperatures minus 2 rising to plus 4 Sunday 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: 27-Dec-2025 at 11:28 AM AST

Upper Level Map

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upper level (250mb) map
Updated: 27-Dec-2025 at 10:37 AM AST

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Astronomical Forecast


 Lunar Phase 

Lunar phase
2025-12-27 11:52 AST
7.74d, 54%

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