WOCN31 CWHX 290610 CCA TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT CORRECTED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:10 AM ADT MONDAY 29 AUGUST 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR: ATLANTIC PROVINCES SOUTHERN QUEBEC. FOR POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE. THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM ADT. FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT FULL STATEMENT ISSUED BY 9:00 AM ADT. ELONGATED CENTRE OF POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE NEAR THE MAINE/QUEBEC BORDER. HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOW IN QUEBEC. STRONG WINDS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== 1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 3.00 AM ADT. LOCATION: 46.5 NORTH 70.2 WEST. ABOUT 95 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF QUEBEC CITY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H. PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 KM/H. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 980 MB. 2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY. RAINFALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ENDED FOR NEW BRUNSWICK. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ENDED FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK. RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN QUEBEC. WIND WARNINGS ARE STILL IN EFFECT FOR MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA, ALL BUT NORTHWESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN QUEBEC. A. WIND. IRENE'S EXTENSIVE WIND FIELD IS STILL AFFECTING THE MARITIMES AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC THIS MORNING. WINDY HILL NEAR GREENWOOD, NS REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 93 KM/H EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY. IN FACT ÎLE D'ORLEANS, QC IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 113 KM/H AND ILE AUX GRUES REPORTED A GUST OF 104 KM/H. WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, AND ALL BUT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF NEW BRUNSWICK. WIND GUSTS OF 90 TO 110 KM/H ARE FORECAST THIS MORNING OVER EXPOSED AREAS. THE QUEBEC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE HAS WIND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY WHERE WIND GUSTS NEAR 100 KM/H ARE EXPECTED. B. RAINFALL. PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN WELL EXCESS OF 50 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN. RAINFALL WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS OF QUEBEC, THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE GASPÉ PENINSULA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 50 TO 100 MILLIMETRES HAVE OCCURRED IN THESE REGIONS. FREDERICTON, NB RECEIVED 83 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL AS OF MIDNIGHT. SHERBROOKE, QC RECEIVED 105 MILLIMETRES AS OF MIDNIGHT. 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. C. SURGE/WAVES. HEAVY SEAS, POUNDING SURF AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FUNDY COAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK NEAR NOON TODAY. HEAVY SURF AND ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND LATER TODAY IN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. 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 OCCURRING OVER WESTERN MARITIME WATERS THIS MORNING. LARGE WAVES UP TO 5 METRES COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE TODAY. 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