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WOCN31 CWHX 200907
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT
FOR EASTERN CANADA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:07 A.M. ADT TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2024.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
EAST COAST
NORTHERN GRAND BANKS
SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS.
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
ST. JOHN'S AND VICINITY
AVALON PENINSULA NORTH
AVALON PENINSULA SOUTHEAST
AVALON PENINSULA SOUTHWEST
CLARENVILLE AND VICINITY
BONAVISTA PENINSULA
BURIN PENINSULA
SOUTH COAST
SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS.
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==DISCUSSION==
FOR HURRICANE ERNESTO.
THE NEXT FULL INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9:30 AM NDT.
TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS OVER THE NORTHERN GRAND BANKS MARINE AREA
AND WILL EXIT NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS WITHIN 2 HOURS.
1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 6:30 A.M. NDT.
LOCATION: NEAR 47.3 NORTH 50.0 WEST.
ABOUT 245 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE RACE.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 120 KM/H.
PRESENT MOVEMENT: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 57 KM/H.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 984 MILLIBARS.
ST. JOHNS WEST RECEIVED 52.3 MM OF RAINFALL. ST. JOHNS AIRPORT
RECEIVED 35.9 MM. CAPE RACE RECEIVED 36.0. CAPE RACE HAD A WIND GUST
TO 67 KM/H.
VERY LARGE WAVES AND STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OCCURRED OVER
PORTIONS OF THE GRAND BANKS. THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE
SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS AND WILL DIMINISH OVER THE NORTHERN GRAND BANKS
LATER THIS MORNING. LARGE WAVES WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY TODAY.
FORECASTERS: HATT
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE
CENTRE AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
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