Foreshadowing

"The cold wind seemed to blow colder there than outside the gate; and it made a shrill noise in howling in and out at the open sides of the brewery, like the noise of wind in the rigging of a ship at sea."

Dickens is using cold to foreshadow the plot of the story. By saying it was colder inside the gate then outside, Dickens is hinting to the reader that whatever is about to happen in this story will not be a positive influence to Pip, whether it is evident instantly or later in the novel.