308   
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.  
  
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA  
  
END/ASPC  
 
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