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Environment Canada Hurricane Watch & Warning Bulletins

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings from the Canadian Hurricane Centre
  • Watch
    WWCN31 CWHX 031452
    SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
    ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
    AT 11:52 AM ADT MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2011.
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    TROPICAL STORM WATCH ENDED FOR:
          ST. JOHN'S AND VICINITY
          AVALON PENINSULA NORTH
          AVALON PENINSULA SOUTH.
    
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    ==DISCUSSION==
    WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AND CONTINUE TO GUST IN THE 60 TO
    80 KM/H RANGE AS POST-TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA EXIT THE PROVINCE AND 
    TRAVEL TOWARD THE NORTHERN GRAND BANK.  IN TERMS OF WAVES, IT IS 
    EXPECTED THAT VERY ROUGH AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 
    ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTH COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND THIS AFTERNOON.
    MORE DETAILS REGARDING WAVE CONDITIONS CAN BE FOUND IN THE CANADIAN
    HURRICANE CENTRE BULLETIN UNDER HEADER WOCN31 CWHX OR AT 
    WWW.HURRICANES.CA.
    
    PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
    
    END/COUTURIER/FOGARTY
  • Watch
    WWCN31 CWHX 031230
    SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
    ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
    AT 9:30 AM ADT MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2011.
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    TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR:
          ST. JOHN'S AND VICINITY
          AVALON PENINSULA NORTH
          AVALON PENINSULA SOUTH.
    
          POST-TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA IS CROSSING THE SOUTHERN AVALON
          THIS MORNING WITH NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND CONDITIONS.
    
          A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT A TROPICAL STORM OR AN
          INCIPIENT TROPICAL STORM CONDITION POSES A POSSIBLE THREAT TO
          THE SPECIFIED AREAS WITHIN 36 HOURS.
    
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    ==DISCUSSION==
    NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND CONDITIONS ARE BEING OBSERVED OVER THE 
    SOUTHERN AVALON AND BURIN PENINSULAS WITH WINDS NEAR 60 KM/H GUSTING 
    TO 90.  IN TERMS OF WAVES, IT IS EXPECTED THAT ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS 
    WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTH COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND TODAY. 
    MORE DETAILS REGARDING WAVE CONDITIONS CAN BE FOUND IN THE CANADIAN
    HURRICANE CENTRE BULLETIN UNDER HEADER WOCN31 CWHX OR AT 
    WWW.HURRICANES.CA.
    
    PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
    
    END/COUTURIER/FOGARTY
  • Watch
    WWCN31 CWHX 030902
    SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
    ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE
    OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
    AT 6:02 AM ADT MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2011.
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    TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR:
          ST. JOHN'S AND VICINITY
          AVALON PENINSULA NORTH
          AVALON PENINSULA SOUTH.
    
          HURRICANE OPHELIA IS FORECAST TO TRACK CLOSE TO THE
          SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF NEWFOUNDLAND MONDAY MORNING WITH A
          POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS.
    
          A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT A TROPICAL STORM OR AN
          INCIPIENT TROPICAL STORM CONDITION POSES A POSSIBLE THREAT TO
          THE SPECIFIED AREAS WITHIN 36 HOURS.
    
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    ==DISCUSSION==
    GIVEN THE CLOSE RANGE OF HURRICANE OPHELIA'S TRACK TO THE AVALON
    PENINSULA THIS MORNING, A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY
    THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE FOR THAT REGION. THIS MEANS THAT THERE 
    IS A POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS (60 GUSTING TO
    90 KM/H) FROM OPHELIA. THIS IS NOT A WARNING - BUT SIMPLY A REMINDER 
    TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECASTS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA CLOSELY IN 
    THE EVENT OPHELIA TRACKS FARTHER NORTH. IN TERMS OF WAVES, IT...					
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