WOCN31 CWHX 290245 INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:05 AM ADT MONDAY 29 AUGUST 2011. --------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= ATLANTIC PROVINCES =NEW= SOUTHERN QUEBEC. FOR POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3:00 AM ADT. CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS AFFECTING SOUTHERN QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== 1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 12.00 AM ADT. LOCATION: 45.3 NORTH 71.3 WEST. ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES EAST OF SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H. PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH NORTHEAST AT 43 KM/H. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 980 MB. 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. RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NEW BRUNSWICK AND PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC. WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE MARITIMES. SOME NOTABLE WIND GUSTS AS OF 11 PM ADT: YARMOUTH, NS............................93 KM/H WINDY HILL (NEAR GREENWOOD), NS)....... 80 KM/H LAC ST. PIERRE, QC......................83 KM/H POINTE DE L'ISLET, QC...................80 KM/H SOME NOTABLE RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 9 PM ADT: DOAKDOWN, NB (FROM CANWARN)............87.5 MM FREDERICTON, NB........................71.0 MM CAMPABELLO ISLAND, NB(FROM CANWARN)....71.0 MM ST. STEPHEN, NB........................60.8 MM MECHANIC SETTLEMENT, NB................53.6 MM SHEREBROOKE, QC...........102.0 MM ST. CLOTHIDE, QC...........81.3 MM NICOLET, QC................62.0 MM SOME NOTABLE SEA STATES AS OF 11 PM ADT. BUOY 44024 (BROWNS BANK MARINE AREA.....6.3 METRES BUOY 44037 (NEAR LURCHER MARINE AREA....7.0 METRES THE NEXT FULL INFORMATION STATEMENT ON IRENE WILL BE ISSUED BY 3:00 AM ADT. 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