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16-Dec-2025 10:47 ADT 16-Dec-2025 13:47 UTC

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Current Conditions


Regular Observation at North Alton, NS
at 09:08 on 2025-12-16
Temperature-7.3°C
Humidity82%
Dewpoint-9.8°C
Barometer101.76kPa (↗)
Wind Speed5.0km/h
Gusting to13.0km/h
Wind Direction258°T (W)
Rain last 5min0.0mm
Rain since 08:000.0mm
Wind Chill-9.9 / -12.9°C


Today Summary at 09:08 on 2025-12-16
High Temperature-7.3 °C09:08
Low Temperature-8.9 °C02:51
Max Wind12.0 km/h00:01
Max gust19.3 km/h00:00
Avg direction319 °T (NW)
Wind Run22.4 km
Total Rain0.0 mm


Yesterday Summary at 23:59 on 2025-12-15
High Temperature-3.6 °C01:50
Low Temperature-7.8 °C13:58
Max Wind25.7 km/h18:17
Max gust45.0 km/h18:21
Avg direction337 °T (NW)
Wind Run119.0 km
Total Rain0.0 mm





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Kentville Forecast


Kentville Forecast issued on 16-Dec-2025 at 05:00 AM AST
Tuesday:   Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 this afternoon. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 15 this morning and minus 7 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.

   Tuesday night:   Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Temperature rising to plus 2 by morning. Wind chill minus 7 this evening.

Wednesday:   Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 6. UV index 2 or low.

   Wednesday night:   Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low zero.

Thursday:   Sunny. High plus 2.

   Thursday night:   Increasing cloudiness. Low minus 2.

Friday:   Showers. Windy. High 11.

   Friday night:   Rain showers or flurries. Windy. Low minus 9.

Saturday:   Cloudy. High minus 4.

   Saturday night:   Flurries. Low minus 5.

Sunday:   Flurries or rain showers. High plus 1.

   Sunday night:   Cloudy. Low minus 6.

Monday:   Cloudy. High minus 2.

Marine

Marine Forecast issued on 16-Dec-2025 at 3:00 AM AST
FQCN13 CWHX 160700 Marine forecasts for the Maritimes issued by Environment Canada at 3:00 a.m. AST Tuesday 16 December 2025 for today tonight and Wednesday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 10:00 a.m. AST.

Fundy

Gale warning in effect. Wind northwest 20 knots backing to west 15 near noon then to southwest 20 this evening. Wind increasing to southwest 30 after midnight and to southwest 35 Wednesday morning. Wind diminishing to west 30 Wednesday evening. Flurries ending early this morning. Risk of freezing spray this morning. Temperatures minus 5 rising to plus 7 Wednesday afternoon.

Grand Manan

Gale warning in effect. Wind northwest 20 knots backing to west 15 near noon then to southwest 20 this evening. Wind increasing to southwest 30 after midnight and to southwest 35 Wednesday morning. Wind diminishing to west 30 Wednesday evening. Flurries ending early this morning. Risk of freezing spray this morning. Temperatures minus 5 rising to plus 7 Wednesday afternoon.

Lurcher

Gale warning in effect. Wind northwest 25 knots backing to west 15 to 20 near noon then to southwest 25 near midnight. Wind increasing to southwest 35 Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures minus 1 rising to plus 8 Wednesday afternoon.

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: 16-Dec-2025 at 5:01 AM AST

Upper Level Map

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upper level (250mb) map
Updated: 15-Dec-2025 at 10:38 PM AST

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Astronomical Forecast


 Lunar Phase 

Lunar phase
2025-12-16 05:51 AST
26.02d, 13%

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New Moon: 2025-12-19
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Full Moon: 2026-01-03
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