Extratropical Storm Andrea Update Eight

WOCN31 CWHX 082345

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:53 PM ADT SATURDAY
8 JUNE 2013.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
NEWFOUNDLAND
NOVA SCOTIA
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
NEW BRUNSWICK.
FOR POST-TROPICAL STORM ANDREA.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3:00 AM ADT.
RAIN FROM THE EASTERN MARITIMES RACES TOWARDS SOUTHERN
NEWFOUNDLAND AHEAD OF POST TROPICAL STORM ANDREA.
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==DISCUSSION==

1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 9.00 PM ADT.

LOCATION: NEAR 45.6 NORTH 63.4 WEST.
ABOUT 90 KILOMETRES NORTH OF HALIFAX.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 65 KM/H.
PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST NEAR 56 KM/H.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1002 MB.

2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

POST-TROPICAL STORM ANDREA IS MOVING OVER CENTRAL NOVA SCOTIA ALONG A
WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS AHEAD OF THE LOW. RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY AHEAD
OF THE SYSTEM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE MARITIMES AND ANDREA'S IMPACTS
OVER THE MARITIMES HAS DIMINISHED. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MILLIMETRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NOVA SCOTIA, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
ANNAPOLIS VALLEY AND FUNDY SHORE OF NOVA SCOTIA, AND THE FUNDY COAST
OF NEW BRUNSWICK, WHERE 95 MILLIMETRES WAS REPORTED OVER GRAND MANAN
ISLAND.

HEAVY RAIN HAS BEGUN TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND AND WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT. PONDING OF WATER ALONG THE ROADS AND
HYDROPLANING COULD BE A PROBLEM, AS WELL AS LOCAL FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
NEAR 50 MILLIMETRES ARE FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND.
SIMILAR IMPACTS TO WHAT OCCURRED OVER THE MARITIMES TODAY ARE
EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDAND TONIGHT.

A. WIND.

A LES SUETES WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS FOR SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 110 KM/H
ENDING BY LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION A WRECKHOUSE WIND WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR NEWFOUNDLAND FOR TONIGHT WHERE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
GUST TO 110 KM/H.
ELSEWHERE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA (GUSTS OF
100 KM/H). HOWEVER EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 80 KM/H ARE LIKELY
ALONG PARTS OF THE SOUTH COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT.

B. RAINFALL.

THE PRIMARY IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN RAINFALL OVER THE
MARITIMES AND WILL BE FOR NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
RAINFALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND
INCLUDING RAMEA-CONNAIGRE AND THE BURIN AND AVALON PENINSULAS, FOR UP
TO 55 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE.

A SUMMARY OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE MARITIMES WILL BE INCLUDED IN
THE 3 AM BULLETIN. ON SUNDAY A SUMMARY OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR
NEWFOUNDLAND WILL BE INCLUDED IN A SUSEQUENT BULLETIN.

C. SURGE/WAVES.

NO SIGNIFICANT SURGE ISSUES ARE EXPECTED. 3 TO 4 METRE WAVES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA AND ARE EXPCTED TONIGHT
ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

3. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST SOUTHERN MARINE WATERS OF
ATLANTIC CANADA AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.
THESE GALES WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING TONIGHT.

SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 METRES HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER
SOUTHERN MARITIME WATERS TODAY AND ARE FORECAST OVER SOUTHERN
NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS ON SUNDAY.

VISIT WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA/HURRICANE (ALL IN LOWER CASE) FOR THE
LATEST:

- FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE TABLE.
- STRENGTH AND PREDICTED WIND RADII TABLE.
- HURRICANE TRACK INFORMATION MAP.
- TECHNICAL DISCUSSION.

PLEASE ALSO REFER TO THE PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA FOR YOUR AREA.

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