WOCN31 CWHX 241500 HURRICANE BILL INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12.30 NOON NDT MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2009. THIS IS THE FINAL BULLETIN ON POST-TROPICAL STORM BILL. AS NOTED IN THE 9.30 AM NDT BULLETIN THE CENTRE OF POST-TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS EAST OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND MARINE DISTRICT AND A WIDE SWATH OF WEST TO NORTHWEST GALES LINGERED IN BEHIND THE STORM OVER THE MARINE DISTRICT. THESE GALES WILL MOVE EAST OF ALL CANADIAN WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FOLLOWING IS A SYNOPSIS OF HURICANE BILL AS WELL AS A SUMMARY OF WEATHER AND OCEAN DATA FOLLOWING ITS TRACK THROUGH ATLANTIC CANADA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BILL BEGAN AS THE THIRD TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON ON AUGUST 15 AND BECAME NAMED AS A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY. BILL BECAME THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE YEAR ON AUGUST 17 AND STRENGHTENED TO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE ON AUGUST 18 WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 157 KM/H. BILL CONTINUED STRENGTHENING RAPIDLY AND BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE ... CATEGORY 4 ... WITH WINDS OF 213 KM/H ON AUGUST 19 AND REMAINED AT THAT STRENGTH FOR A FULL DAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. IN ITS EARLY DAYS BILL TRACKED TOWARDS THE WEST NORTHWEST BUT EVENTUALLY CURVED NORTHWEST AND THEN HEADED TOWARD THE NORTH PASSING WELL WEST OF BERMUDA AS A MARGINAL CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE EARLY ON AUGUST 22. BILL WAS A SOLID CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE ... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 140 KM/H ... WHEN IT ENTERED SOUTHWESTERN MARITIME WATERS NEAR DAWN ON SUNDAY AUGUST 23. HURRICANE BILL TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH MARITIME WATERS PASSING WITHIN 50 KM OF THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA BEFORE VEERING MORE EASTWARD ON ITS WAY TO NEWFOUNDLAND. HURRICANE BILL PASSED OVER GRAND MIQUELON FRANCE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL NEAR MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AT POINT ROSIE ON THE BURIN PENINUSLA OF NEWFOUNDLAND. THE STRENGTH OF THE STORM WAS ON THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AND A HURRICANE ... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 110 AND 120 KM/H AT LANDFALL. A POST ANALYSIS IS PLANNED TO DETERMINE ITS EXACT STRENGTH WHEN IT MADE LANDFALL ... BUT EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT WAS BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH. BILL TRACKED RAPIDLY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NEWFOUNDLAND IN A FEW HOURS AS IT INCREASED IN FORWARD SPEED AND WAS EAST OF ALL NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS BY MID MONDAY MORNING AUGUST 24. HURRICANE BILL ENCOUNTERED A TROPICAL AIRMASS WHEN IT ARRIVED IN ATLANTIC CANADA WHICH DELAYED THE ONSET OF EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION UNTIL IT WAS WELL INTO THE ATLANTIC REGION OF CANADA. HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN ALL FOUR ATLANTIC PROVINCES WITH THE PASSAGE OF BILL. STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED IN NOVA SCOTIA AND NEWFOUNDLAND WITH HIGH COASTAL WAVES AND MARGINAL FLOODING WITH STORM SURGES REPORTED IN THOSE SAME TWO PROVINCES. STORM SURGE VALUES RANGED FROM 50 CM ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA TO 70 CM ALONG THE NORTHUMBERLAND-MIRAMICHI COAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK TO 75 CM IN PLACENTIA BAY NEWFOUNDLAND. HERE ARE UNOFFICIAL DATA FROM ACROSS ATLANTIC CANADA AND ITS MARINE DISTRICT: LOCATION RAINFALL (MM) PEAK WIND (KM/H) ----------------------------------------------------- NOVA SCOTIA... YARMOUTH 65 80 BACCARO POINT 37 85 * DAYTON 64 N/A WESTERN HEAD 41 67 LUNENBURG N/A 83 ST MARGARET BAY 44 70 SHEARWATER 52 67 MCNABS ISLAND N/A 89 OSBORNE HEAD N/A 82 HALIFAX STANFIELD A 57 82 LOWER SACKVILLE 51 N/A * JOLLIMORE 71 N/A * CLAYTON PARK 66 N/A STEWIACKE 31 69 MALAY FALLS 62 N/A BEAVER ISLAND N/A 91 BRIER ISLAND N/A 70 KEJIMKUJIK 51 52 * CALEDONIA 70 N/A GREENWOOD 31 56 KENTVILLE 56 61 DEBERT 33 72 PARRSBORO 31 65 NAPPAN 19 63 CARIBOU POINT 29 82 TRACADIE 64 69 HART ISLAND N/A 93 * LOCHABER 45 N/A * QUEENSPORT 72 N/A * BADDECK 31 N/A SYDNEY 54 76 * NEW VICTORIA 50 N/A LOUISBOURG 56 N/A INGONISH BEACH 68 56 NORTH MOUNTAIN 58 59 CHETICAMP 26 89 SAINT PAUL ISLAND N/A 102 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND... NORTH POINT 28 70 SUMMERSIDE 28 65 CHARLOTTETOWN 23 65 ST PETER'S 41 56 * ALLISTON 66 N/A EAST POINT 55 91 NEW BRUNSWICK... MONCTON 32 65 BOUCTOUCHE 24 N/A * SAINT JOHN - ERBS COVE 27 N/A SAINT JOHN AIRPORT 6 59 ST STEPHEN 47 45 NEWFOUNDLAND... ARGENTIA 31 94 BONAVISTA 27 91 BURGEO 43 78 * CAPE PINE NA 121 CAPE RACE NA 132 GANDER 71 59 GRATES COVE NA 93 LA SCIE NA 56 * LETHBRIDGE 39 NA MARTICOT ISLAND NA 100 PORT AUX BASQUES 57 78 SAGONA ISLAND NA 102 ST.JOHN'S 40 80 ST.LAWRENCE 45 96 TERRA NOVA PARK 30 57 WINTERLAND 63 83 WRECKHOUSE 25 70 * DENOTES VOLUNTEER OR PRIVATE OBSERVER OCEANIC DATA... LOCATION SUSTAINED / PEAK WIND (KM/H) ------------------------------------------------------------ GEORGES BANK BUOY 44011 74 / 96 HALIFAX HARBOUR BUOY 44258 57 / 82 LAHAVE BANK BUOY 44150 100 / 135 EAST SCOTIAN SLOPE BUOY 44137 85 / 115 LAURENTIAN FAN BUOY 44141 70 / 93 BANQUEREAU BANK BUOY 44139 74 / 100 SOUTHWEST GRAND BANKS BUOY 44138 70 / 93 NICKERSON BANK BUOY BUOY 44251 70 / 96 LOCATION SIGNIFICANT/MAXIMUM WAVES (M) ------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGES BANK BUOY 44011 10.7 / NA HALIFAX HARBOUR BUOY 44258 9.0 / 14.9 LAHAVE BANK BUOY 44150 13.4 / 26.4 EAST SCOTIAN SLOPE BUOY 44137 14.1 / 24.7 LAURENTIAN FAN BUOY 44141 9.4 / 13.8 BANQUEREAU BANK BUOY 44139 10.5 / 17.3 SOUTHWEST GRAND BANKS BUOY 44138 9.4 / 13.9 NICKERSON BANK BUOY BUOY 44251 7.8 / 12.0 END BOWYER