WOCN31 CWHX 111745 TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:44 PM ADT TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2012. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR: NEWFOUNDLAND. FOR POST-TROPICAL STORM LESLIE. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 9:00 PM ADT. LESLIE NORTHEAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND RACING AWAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ENDED FOR: LABRADOR NOVA SCOTIA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== 1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 3.00 PM ADT. LOCATION: NEAR 52.2 NORTH 51.4 WEST. ABOUT 424 KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GANDER, NL. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 110 KM/HOUR. PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST NEAR 93 KM/H. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 972 MB. 2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY. ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ENDED. THE CENTRE OF LESLIE MADE LANDFALL ON THE SOUTHERN BURIN PENINSULA NEAR THE TOWN OF FORTUNE AT 8:30 AM NDT AND BY 4 HOURS LATER WAS ABOUT TO HEAD NORTHEAST INTO THE ATLANTIC. THE STORM PRODUCED WINDS GUSTING UP TO 130+ KM/H OVER EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND, AND RANFALL AMOUNTS RANGING UP TO 70 MILLIMETRES IN THE WEST WITH AMOUNTS REACHING NEAR 100 MILLIMETRES ALONG THE LONG RANGE MOUNTAINS. THERE WERE ALSO WAVE EXCEEDING 8 METRES ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. MUCH-SMALLER TROPICAL STORM MICHAEL CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND WILL BE A REMNANT LOW IN 24 HOURS AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD TO PASS EAST OF FORECAST WATERS. IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE REGION. A. WIND. GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS PERSIST EAST OF LESLIE, PEAKING TO 110 KM/H. WEST OF THE STORM NORTHWESTERLIES OF UP TO 100 KM/H ARE CONTINUING NEAR AND EAST OF NEW WORLD ISLAND. THIS IS DOWN FROM THE MORNING PEAK WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 130 KM/H IN SOME PLACES. B. RAINFALL. RAINFALL WARNINGS HAVE ENDED FOR NEWFOUNDLAND BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME LINGERING BANDS OF SHOWERS OVER WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND. 50 TO 70 MILLIMETRES HAVE FALLEN IN THE WEST WITH NEAR 100 MILLIMETRES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN (BASED ON RADAR), AND 30-40 IN CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND, WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. THERE WAS LOCALISED FLOODING, ROADS AND BRIDGES CUT, AND THE PORT AU PORT PENINSULA WAS TEMPORARILY ISOLATED FROM THE MAINLAND. THE RAIN ALSO SATURATED WATERSHEDS AND WILL KEEP RIVER LEVELS HIGH, PROBABLY FOR SEVERAL DAYS. C. SURGE/WAVES. LARGE LONG PERIOD WAVES ARE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND AND NEAR THE EAST COAST. WAVES OF 3-5 METRES CONTINUE FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 5-7 METRES FOR THE PLACENTIA BAY AREA, AND 5 TO 8 METRES EAST OF THE AVALON PENINSULA. THESE WAVES SHOULD DIMINISH BY EVENING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST AND PLACENTIA BAY, BUT WILL PERSIST UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON OR INTO THE EVENING FOR THE EAST COAST. BY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THEY SHOULD BE DOWN TO 2-3 METRES. THESE HEAVY POUNDING WAVES WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED WATERS LEVELS AND SOME COASTAL EROSION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING IN EXPOSED OR VULNERABLE AREAS ESPECIALLY FROM FORTUNE EAST TO CAPE RACE. 3. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY. STORM WARNINGS ARE CONTINUED FOR THE FUNK AND BELLE ISLE BANKS, WITH GALES PERSISTING FOR MOST OTHER NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS EXCEPT GULF WATERS. DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS ISSUED FROM THE ATLANTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTER AND THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WEATHER OFFICE. SOME LINGERING COASTAL CONCERNS INCLUDE POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO DOCKS AND WAVE OVERWASH IN PRONE AREAS AROUND THE AVALON, PLACENTIA BAY AND THE BURIN PENINSULA. THERE IS ALSO A RISK FOR THE EAST COAST AND NORTHEAST COAST MARINE AREAS. 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/MERCER/FOGARTY/COUTURIER