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WOCN31 CWHX 192058
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT
FOR EASTERN CANADA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:58 P.M. ADT MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2024.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
ST. JOHN'S AND VICINITY
AVALON PENINSULA NORTH
AVALON PENINSULA SOUTHEAST
AVALON PENINSULA SOUTHWEST
CLARENVILLE AND VICINITY
BONAVISTA PENINSULA
BURIN PENINSULA
GEORGES BANK
WEST SCOTIAN SLOPE
SABLE
EAST SCOTIAN SLOPE
BANQUEREAU
LAURENTIAN FAN
SOUTHWEST COAST
SOUTH COAST
EAST COAST
NORTHERN GRAND BANKS
SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS
SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS.
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==DISCUSSION==
FOR HURRICANE ERNESTO.
THE NEXT FULL INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9:30 P.M. NDT.
ERNESTO WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF THE AVALON PENINSULA LATE THIS
EVENING.
1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 6:00 P.M. ADT.
LOCATION: 44.0 NORTH 56.0 WEST.
ABOUT 290 KM EAST OF SABLE ISLAND.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 150 KM/H.
PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST AT 45 KM/H.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 968 MB.
2. SUMMARY OF LATEST INFORMATION.
LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE EYE OF HURRICANE ERNESTO
HAS BEGUN TO FILL IN, WITH SOME LIGHTNING ACTIVITY STILL BEING
OBSERVED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE CORE. THE OUTER RAIN BANDS ARE
ALSO STARTING TO BECOME VISIBLE ON RADAR. AT 5:00 P.M. ADT, BUOY
44139 OBSERVED A WIND GUST TO 85 KM/H AS THE CENTRE OF ERNESTO
PASSED ABOUT 75 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST.
FORECASTERS: CLEMENTS/COPP.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE
CENTRE AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
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