WOCN31 CWHX 281823 CCA TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT CORRECTED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:23 PM ADT SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 2011. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR: ATLANTIC PROVINCES SOUTHERN QUEBEC. FOR TROPICAL STORM IRENE. THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 PM ADT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT FULL STATEMENT ISSUED BY 9:00 PM ADT. TROPICAL STORM IRENE MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. RAIN AND INCREASING WINDS NOW AFFECTING THE MARITIMES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== 1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 3.00 PM ADT. LOCATION: 42.9 NORTH 73.2 WEST. ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES EAST OF ALBANY, NEW YORK. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H. PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH NORTHEAST AT 41 KM/H. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 970 MB. 2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE FUNDY COASTLINES OF NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA AS WELL AS THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA SOUTHWEST OF PORTER'S LAKE. IRENE WEAKENED TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH THIS MORNING AND IS CURRENTLY INLAND OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TRANSITIONING INTO A POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM TONIGHT. AS IT TRANSITIONS, WIND AND RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FARTHER OUT FROM THE STORM CENTER. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TO THE LEFT OF THE TRACK AND HIGHEST WINDS TO THE RIGHT. A. WIND. IRENE'S EXTENSIVE WIND FIELD IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE SOUTHERN MARITIMES AS YARMOUTH EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST TO 93 KM/H EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, AND ALL BUT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF NEW BRUNSWICK. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 90 AND 110 KM/H KM/H ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE QUEBEC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE HAS WIND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY WHERE WIND GUSTS UP TO 100 KM/H ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS OVERNIGHT IN THE MARITIMES. B. RAINFALL. PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 50 MM OF RAIN, AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE SOME PARTS OF THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS OF QUEBEC HAVE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 50 MM. RAINFALL WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS OF QUEBEC, THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE GASPÉ PENINSULA. RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EASTERN MOST PORTIONS OF NEW BRUNSWICK. TOTAL RANFALL AMOUNTS OF 50 TO 100 MILLIMETRES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE RISK OF HIGHEST RAINFALL WILL BE PRIMARILY LEFT OF THE STORM TRACK. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT MANY PARTS OF EASTERN CANADA HAVE RECEIVED ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL THIS SUMMER WHICH COULD RAISE THE RISK OF FLOODING AND STREAMS OVERFLOWING. BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MARITIMES OVERNIGHT WITHIN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS GIVING LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. C. SURGE/WAVES. HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH TIDE LATER TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA, AND IN THE BAY OF FUNDY WAVES OF 6 TO 8 METRES STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WITH HIGH TIDE ON MONDAY. HEAVY POUNDING SURF IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MARITIME PROVINCES AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF QUEBEC AND THE ST LAWRENCE RIVER/GULF REGION AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 3. MARINE IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY. GALE OR STORM FORCE WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE MARITIMES MARINE DISTRICT. GALE AND STORM FORCE WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY. GALE WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND MARINE WATERS AS WELL. WAVE HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 8 METRES ARE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN MARITIME WATERS INTO THE BAY OF FUNDY TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LARGE WAVES UP TO 5 METRES COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE ON MONDAY. 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/BORGEL/FOGARTY