WOCN31 CWHX 161745
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:49 PM NDT FRIDAY
16 SEPTEMBER 2011.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
      LABRADOR
      NEWFOUNDLAND.

      FOR HURRICANE MARIA.

      THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:30 PM NDT.
      FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT FULL STATEMENT ISSUED BY 9:30 PM ADT.

      HURRICANE MARIA NEAR LANDFALL - SOUTHERN COAST OF THE AVALON
      PENINSULA AS OF 3:30 PM NDT.

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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
      NOVA SCOTIA.

      NO FURTHER RAINFALL EFFECTS FROM MARIA IN NOVA SCOTIA.
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==DISCUSSION==
1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 3:30 PM NDT.

LOCATION: ABOUT 46.7 NORTH 54.2 WEST.

ABOUT 65 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ARGENTIA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 120 KM/HOUR.

PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST ABOUT 90 KM/H.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 984 MB.

2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

THE VERY CENTRE OF MARIA WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AVALON PENINSULA LATE 
THIS AFTERNOON WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS, POSSIBLY GUSTING TO
140 KM/H.  MARIA WILL MERGE WITH A LARGE NON-TROPICAL LOW OVER 
LABRADOR THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN FAR-REACHING IMPACTS 
WELL AWAY FROM THE AVALON TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

RAIN WILL END QUICKLY AND THE SUN WILL SHINE THROUGH BROKEN CLOUD 
SOON AS THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE PASSES.  BE CAUTIOUS DURING THIS 
PERIOD AS STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL KICK-IN AFTER THE EYE PASSES.

A. WIND.

THE HIGHEST WINDS DIRECTLY FROM MARIA ARE SET TO OCCUR OVER THE 
SOUTHERN AVALON PENINSULA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  EXPOSED LOCATIONS 
COULD SEE SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 100 KM/H WITH GUSTS OF 130 OR
140 KM/H.  A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 
THE AVALON PENINSULA AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS POSTED FOR THE 
NORTHERN AVALON, THE BURIN, AND BONAVISTA PENINSULAS.  AS MARIA 
MERGES WITH THE LARGE LOW TO THE NORTH, HIGH WINDS WILL BLOW 
THROUGHOUT LABRADOR AND MUCH OF THE ISLAND PORTION OF THE PROVINCE. 
WINDS COULD EVEN GUST TO HURRICANE FORCE OVER THE COAST OF LABRADOR 
AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ISLAND INCLUDING THE NORTHERN
PENINSULA.

THESE WIND GUSTS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND BREAK LARGE BRANCHES, RESULTING 
IN DOWNED UTILITY LINES AND POWER INTERRUPTIONS.  DAMAGE TO SIGNAGE 
AND BUILDING CLADDING/ROOFING MATERIAL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHEN WINDS 
GUST TO 120 KM/H OR MORE.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE, THE NEWFOUNDLAND 
AND LABRADOR WEATHER OFFICE CONTINUE WIND WARNINGS FOR EASTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND IN RELATION TO MARIA.  THE NEWFOUNDLAND OFFICE HAS ALSO 
POSTED HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR NORTHERN/WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND 
AND LABRADOR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VERY LARGE NON-TROPICAL LOW IN 
LABRADOR.  STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED FORECASTS TODAY AND SATURDAY FROM 
THE NEWFOUNDLAND OFFICE.

B. RAINFALL.

RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH MARIA AND A CONNECTED TROUGH WILL WRAP-UP IN 
QUICK ORDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5-15 
MILLIMETRES ARE POSSIBLE.  UP TO 50 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN 
OBSERVED BUT WE DO NOT FORESEE FINAL TOTALS BEING MUCH MORE THAN 
THAT.

C. SURGE/WAVES.

LARGE WAVES AND STORM SURGE EFFECTS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE AVALON
PENINSULA AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.  THE TIDE IS FALLING 
AND WILL BE LOW AROUND 6 PM LOCAL TIME.  THIS WILL EASE SURGE AND 
WAVE RELATED IMPACTS IN THE SOUTHERN BAYS OF THE AVALON.  WAVES UP TO 
6 METRES AND SURGE UP TO 1 METRES ARE EXPECTED.

LARGE WAVES AND STORM SURGE WILL BUILD OVER WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND 
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY PARTICULARLY IN THE STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE.
A LESSER RISK EXISTS FOR THE NORTHEAST COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND LATE 
SATURDAY, ALL IN RELATION TO THE NON-TROPICAL LOW.

3. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE 
SOUTHERNAND EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND MARINE AREAS AT LEAST INTO THIS 
EVENING AS A RESULT OF MARIA.

GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE OVER MOST OF 
ATLANTIC CANADIAN WATERS FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF THE 
NON-TROPICAL LOW.

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/FOGARTY