Beryl Maritimes Weather Round Up

Special Weather Statements for New Brunswick

AWCN14 CWHX 220720
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NEW BRUNSWICK ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:20 AM ADT SATURDAY 22 JULY 2006.

TROPICAL STORM BERYL BECAME EXTRATROPICAL (OR POST-TROPICAL) BEFORE
MAKING LANDFALL AROUND 3 PM ADT JULY 21 NEAR YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA.
THE STORM THEN TRACKED ALONG THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY..OVER TRURO..THEN
EASTERN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WERE
EXPERIENCED OVER MOST OF MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA..SOUTHERN NEW
BRUNSWICK..PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NORTHERN CAPE BRETON ISLAND.
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 KM/H WERE EXPERIENCED SOUTH
OF THE TRACK OF THE STORM. SOME ISOLATED COASTAL AREAS REPORTED
GUSTS NEAR 90 KM/H.

GREATEST RAINFALLS WERE RECORDED OVER WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA FROM
YARMOUTH AND UP THROUGH THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY ALONG THE STORM TRACK.
THE MOST RAINFALL WAS RECORDED IN THE CAPE SPLIT AREA WITH 71
MILLIMETRES AT SCOTT'S BAY WITH UNCONFIRMED NEARBY REPORTS OVER 80
MILLIMETRES WHICH LEAD TO THE OVERFLOWING OF STREAMS ONTO ROADWAYS.
IN THESE AREAS THERE WERE OVER 25 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FALLING IN ONE
HOUR DURING THE WORST OF THE STORM. IN THE HALIFAX AREA WINDS
GUSTED TO NEAR 80 KM/H CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES WITH THE BREAKING
OF SMALL TREE BRANCHES.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF EVENT-RAINFALLS AND PEAK WIND REPORTS (IN
ORDER OF MOST TO LEAST RAINFALL) DIRECTLY RELATED TO BERYL'S
REMNANTS.

NS - NOVA SCOTIA
NB - NEW BRUNSWICK
PEI - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

SITE RAINFALL PEAK WIND
(MM) (KM/H)

SCOTT'S BAY (CAPE SPLIT) NS* 71
BRIER ISLAND NS 62 57
TRURO NS* 52 65
YARMOUTH NS 47 56
DEBERT NS 45
KENTVILLE NS 43
PARRSBORO NS 42
GREENWOOD NS 40 52
CHETICAMP NS 36
HALIFAX INTL. ARPT. 34 81
WEST BROOKLYN MTN. NS* 33 47
INGONISH BEACH NS 30 57
NEW GLASGOW NS* 29 50
CHARLOTTETOWN PEI 28 41
EAST PT. PEI 27 67
BACCARO PT. NS 22 96
CALEDONIA NS* 21 71
LUNENBURG NS 20 80
FUNDY NTL. PARK NB 19
BRIDGEWATER NS 19
SUMMERSIDE PEI 18
SAINT JOHN NB 17
MONCTON NB 16
TRACADIE NS 11 78
SYDNEY NS 6 59
PORT HAWKESBURY NS* 2 70
DRUM HEAD NS* 2 80
BEAVER ISL. NS 87

HALIFAX METRO AREA.....
CLAYTON PARK* 27 70
BEDFORD* 21
SHEARWATER 16 65
DARTMOUTH DWTN. 14
OSBOURNE HEAD 89
BEDFORD BASIN 80
WINDSOR ST. 63
KOOTENAY (HERRING COVE) 80
HARBOUR BUOY 78 (42 KTS)
MCNAB'S ISL. MISSING

*AN ASTERISK BESIDE THE LOCATION INDICATES PRIVATE OBSERVATIONS NOT
PART OF THE STANDARD OBSERVING NETWORK.

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