Hurricane Earl will affect Nova Scotia, it’s just not clear how: Zurawski
Posted Aug 30, 2010 03:14:22 PM.
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Hurricane-watchers are keeping a close watch on Hurricane Earl.
Our meteorologist Richard Zurawski says the storm is currently on a track that could affect our region in some way on the weekend.
“The timing of the storm has it moving in the wee hours of Saturday morning,” he said. “Around two o’clock in the morning it’s going to start heading into the coastal areas of Nova Scotia. Probably by noon it will have moved itself off to about Canso.”
The hurricane centre in Dartmouth is using the word “possibly” and the phrase “too early to tell” to describe how Earl may affect the Halifax-area.
Richard says we’ll feel something from it.
“If it keeps this track that means it will stay over the cold water and that will really sap its energy,” he said. “Even though it’s going to become extra-tropical and increase its speed and extent, the winds will diminish around the core areas.”
He says wind gusts could be around 120 km/h and we can count on big waves and rain.
The tracks range from as far west as Maine as far east as Eastern Newfoundland.
Richard says they’ll know more as the week progresses.
