WOCN31 CWHX 290044 CCA
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT CORRECTED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:44 PM ADT SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 2011
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
      ATLANTIC PROVINCES
      SOUTHERN QUEBEC.

      FOR POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE.

      THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 AM ADT.
      FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT FULL STATEMENT ISSUED BY 3:00 AM ADT.

      CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE NEARING THE CANADIAN
      BORDER.  HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS AFFECTING SOUTHERN QUEBEC
      AND THE MARITIMES.

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==DISCUSSION==
1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 9.00 PM ADT.

LOCATION: 44.1 NORTH 72.1 WEST.

ABOUT 70 KILOMETRES EAST OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H.

PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH NORTHEAST AT 43 KM/H.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 978 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 IS BEING DECLARED 
POST-TROPICAL WITH THIS BULLETIN ISSUE DUE TO SATELLITE AND
RADAR IMAGERY INDICATING THAT THE WIND AND RAINFALL
HAS SPREAD FAR FROM THE STORM CENTER AND THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS 
OCCURRING TO THE LEFT OF THE TRACK AND MOST OF THE HIGHEST WINDS TO 
THE RIGHT.

A. WIND.

IRENE'S EXTENSIVE WIND FIELD IS AFFECTING THE MARITIMES AND SOUTHERN
QUEBEC THIS EVENING. YARMOUTH EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST TO 93 KM/H
THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING
OVER THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY WITH MANY STATIONS REPORTING
WIND GUSTS IN THE 60 TO 80 KM/H RANGE.

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
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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 AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC HAVE ALREADY 
RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 50 MM OF RAIN.

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.

HEAVY SEAS, POUNDING SURF AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE 
EXPECTED ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA AND THE 
FUNDY COAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK TONIGHT. HEAVY SURF AND ELEVATED
WATER LEVELS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TOWARDS THE HEAD OF THE BAY OF FUNDY 
LATER MONDAY MORNING.


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.

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