Friday, October 14, 2016

Killing Frost and Freeze likely throughout the Region overnight

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
245 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2016

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT...

MEZ023-024-NHZ014-151200-
/O.CON.KGYX.FR.Y.0007.161015T0600Z-161015T1200Z/
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...CAPE ELIZABETH...SOUTH PORTLAND...
WESTBROOK...YARMOUTH...BRUNSWICK...GREENLAND...PORTSMOUTH...RYE...
HAMPTON...HAMPTON FALLS...NORTH HAMPTON...SEABROOK
245 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF
  LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&
$$

SCHWIBS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
245 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2016

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT...

MEZ021-022-025>028-151200-
/O.CON.KGYX.FZ.W.0004.161015T0600Z-161015T1200Z/
KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...SIDNEY...WINDSOR...
VASSALBORO...WATERVILLE...CHINA...PALERMO...BROOKS...JACKSON...
KNOX...LIBERTY...MONTVILLE...MORRILL...WALDO...WINTERPORT...
UNITY...ARROWSIC...BATH...PHIPPSBURG...BOWDOINHAM...TOPSHAM...
BOWDOIN...WHITEFIELD...DRESDEN...ALNA...BREMEN...BRISTOL...
DAMARISCOTTA...NEWCASTLE...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...
WALDOBORO...MATINICUS...OWLS HEAD...ROCKLAND...APPLETON...
CAMDEN...HOPE...ROCKPORT...THOMASTON...BELFAST...NORTHPORT...
SEARSMONT...LINCOLNVILLE
245 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2016

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL LIKELY BE KILLED IF
  LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
130 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2016

MEZ023-024-NHZ014-151730-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
130 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST MAINE AND SOUTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FROST ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FROST ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

2:26 PM ADT Friday 14 October 2016
Frost advisory in effect for:

Fredericton and Southern York County
Frost may destroy fruit crops, vegetables, and other plants.

Clear skies and light winds tonight will allow overnight ground level temperatures to drop to near or below the freezing mark.

Take preventative measures to protect frost-sensitive plants and trees.

Frost advisories are issued when temperatures are expected to the reach freezing mark during the growing season, leading to potential damage and

destruction to plants and crops.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or

tweet reports to #NBStorm.

2:26 PM ADT Friday 14 October 2016
Frost advisory in effect for:

Prince County P.E.I.
Frost may destroy fruit crops, vegetables, and other plants.

Clear skies and light winds tonight will allow overnight ground level temperatures to drop to near or below the freezing mark.

Take preventative measures to protect frost-sensitive plants and trees.

Frost advisories are issued when temperatures are expected to the reach freezing mark during the growing season, leading to potential damage and

destruction to plants and crops.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or

tweet reports to #PEStorm.

2:26 PM ADT Friday 14 October 2016
Frost advisory in effect for:

Halifax Metro and Halifax County West
Frost may destroy fruit crops, vegetables, and other plants.

Clear skies and light winds tonight will allow overnight ground level temperatures to drop to near or below the freezing mark.

Take preventative measures to protect frost-sensitive plants and trees.

Frost advisories are issued when temperatures are expected to the reach freezing mark during the growing season, leading to potential damage and

destruction to plants and crops.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or

tweet reports to #NSStorm.

Cape Breton flood-ravaged areas to be toured by Federal Safety Minister on Monday

Public safety minister will speak to media at Brookland Elementary School

CBC News Posted: Oct 14, 2016 10:17 AM AT Last Updated: Oct 14, 2016 1:35 PM AT
Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale will visit Sydney today to tour the areas flooded in a historic rainfall on Monday.
Several homes in the centre of the community were inundated by nearly two metres of water, mixed with furnace oil and sewage.
Goodale will be accompanied on his tour by Cape Breton MPs Mark Eyking and Rodger Cuzner, and Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Geoff MacLellan.
Goodale will speak to the media at 3 p.m. at Brookland Elementary School, which suffered serious damage when its first floor was flooded.

400 calls in 3 hours

Cecil Clarke, the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, said a helpline that became operational at 8 a.m. had received 400 calls in just over three hours from people whose homes or basements had been flooded.
Additionally, a preliminary inspection of homes in the hardest-hit area of Sydney found 17 of 18 are uninhabitable.
CBRM wants to get some relief to those homeowners as early as today or tomorrow, Clarke said.
"For immediate needs ... the municipality follows the provincial per diem rate for expenses, for food and incidentals and we will just use that because that's the audited process we have in place," Clarke said. 

Can't wait for disaster relief

The damage in the flood zone alone is great enough to surpass the threshold of $3 million that triggers federal disaster relief, but people can't wait for that, Clarke said.
"We have lots and lots of people that are reporting their food is spoiled, their deep-freeze, their fridge, limited resources, no insurance," the mayor said. "All of this is being taken in account because it's going to stress people when the money is just not there when they need it."
Clarke said he has not heard of any reports yet of home insurance covering damage beyond sewer backup.