Saturday, June 08, 2013

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.

END

Extratropical Storm Andrea Update Seven
















Extratropical Storm Andrea Update Six






















WOCN31 CWHX 081745

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:51 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 9:00 PM ADT.

THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 PM ADT.
FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT FULL STATEMENT ISSUED BY 9:00 PM ADT.

HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE MARITIMES TODAY AND
INTO NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
LABRADOR.
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==DISCUSSION==

1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 9.00 AM ADT.

LOCATION: NEAR 44.2 NORTH 67.1 WEST.
ABOUT 92 KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 75 KM/H.
PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST NEAR 63 KM/H.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1000 MB.

2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

POST-TROPICAL STORM ANDREA IS MOVING INTO THE FUNDY SHORE OF NOVA
SCOTIA ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS AHEAD OF THE LOW. RAIN AT
TIMES HEAVY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM HAS SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
MARITIMES AND HAS STARTED OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND THIS
AFTERNOON.

THE SOUTH COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. THE CENTRE OF THE REMNANT LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK
ACROSS NORTHERN NOVA SCOTIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND THEN
JUST SOUTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND BEFORE CROSSING THE AVALON PENINSULA ON
SUNDAY.

PONDING OF WATER ALONG THE ROADS AND HRYDROPLANING WILL BE A PROBLEM,
AS WELL AS LOCAL FLOODING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SMALLER RIVERS AND
STREAMS. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILLIMETRES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY AND FUNDY SHORE OF
NOVA SCOTIA, AND THE FUNDY COAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK, WHERE 90
MILLIMETRES WAS REPORTED OVER GRAND MANAN ISLAND.

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
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. 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
90 KM/H). HOWEVER MOST OF THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATELY
WINDY CONDITIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE SOUTH OF THE
TRACK OF THE CENTRE OF THE REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY - WHICH COULD GIVE
GUSTS UP TO 70 KM/H TO EXPOSED AREAS OF NOVA SCOTIA ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST. GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND, CAPE BRETON AND SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

B. RAINFALL.

THE PRIMARY IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM IS RAINFALL. PERIODS OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSHOWERS OVER MUCH
OF THE MARITIMES WILL SPREAD TO SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND BY THIS EVENING
AND END ON SUNDAY. RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
REGIONS OF NEW BRUNSWICK, AND ALL OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NOVA
SCOTIA. THESE WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON, AND
TONIGHT FOR CAPE BRETON. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 40 TO 60
MILLIMETRES ARE EXPECTED OR HAVE OCCURRED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS HAVE REACHED ABOUT 90 MILLIMETRES OVER GRAND MANAN
ISLAND IN NEW BRUNSWICK, AND 70 MILLIMETRES FOR BRIER ISLAND AND
GREENWOOD IN NOVA SCOTIA.

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.

C. SURGE/WAVES.

NO SIGNIFICANT SURGE ISSUES ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BASED ON THE
LATEST TRACK MODERATE WAVE CONDITIONS OF 3 TO 4 METRES WILL BEGIN TO
AFFECT THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA LATER TODAY. FOR THE SOUTH
COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND WAVES WILL REACH 3 METRES BEGINNING OVERNIGHT
AND PERSISTING INTO SUNDAY.

3. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL MARINE WATERS SOUTH OF NOVA
SCOTIA FOR TODAY WHERE GALE FORCE SOUTHWESTERLIES UP TO 40 KNOTS CAN
BE EXPECTED. EASTERLY GALES ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE GULF OF ST
LAWRENCE AND CABOT STRAIT AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. GALE WARNINGS
ARE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR THE GRAND BANKS.
GALE WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS OF
NEWFOUNDLAND WHERE GALE FORCE EASTERLIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY.

SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 5 METRES HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER
SOUTHERN WATERS TODAY.

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.

END