Friday June 16,2006

A high pressure system along the US east coast put us in a south westerly giving us a sunny warm day today. Quite a change from yesterdays storm when I recorded 44 mm of rain.
Today's low temperature was 11.7*C and our afternoon high came in at 25.4*C. The barometer has been rising slowly today and tonight it sits at 101.6 kPa.
The next few days will be nice, with highs near the mid twenties. In fact it looks like we should have stable weather right in to mid week. That's all for now.

A recap from yesterdys storm.

SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 8:05 PM ADT THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2006.

TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
WEAKENED TO A POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS EARLIER
THIS WEEK. THE REMNANTS OF THIS POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM INTENSIFIED
INTO A FRONTAL STORM EAST OF THE AMERICAN COAST LINE THURSDAY. IT
PUSHED RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY WITH STRONG WINDS ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA
THURSDAY WHILE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS.
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA REACHED SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK
AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF NOVA SCOTIA.
STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL REGIONS.

THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND WIND SPEED WERE REPORTED..

LOCATION RAINFALL (MILLIMETRES) WIND GUSTS (KM/H)

NOVA SCOTIA

HALIFAX AIRPORT 39.7 78
BEDFORD 47.7 --
LUNENBURG 45.8 --
BRIDGEWATER 40 --
WESTERN HEAD 52.1 78
BACCARO POINT N/A 119
YARMOUTH 43.4 --
BRIER ISLAND N/A 98
KEJIMKUJIK 41 --
GREENWOOD 47.6 --
KENTVILLE 37.9 --
MALAY FALLS 32.9 --
BEAVER ISLAND N/A 104
TRACADIE 25 --
NEW GLASGOW 39.4 --
NAPPAN 23.5 --
PARRSBORO 33 --
SYDNEY 47.4 67
INGONISH BEACH 48.2 74

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
EAST POINT 21.8 74
CHARLOTTETOWN 26.4 52

NEW BRUNSWICK
MONCTON 2.4
SAINT JOHN 6
FUNDY PARK 20

END/ASPC



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June 15 2006

Extratropical low pressure system off of the coast at this time. More info to follow.

5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION

A. ANALYSIS
FOR CONTINUITY WE ARE CONTINUING TO REFER TO THIS STORM AS POST-
TROPICAL ALBERTO HOWEVER IT HAS NO TROPICAL CHARTACTERISTICS LEFT
WHEN LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE SIGNATURE. IT IS SIMPLY A MATURE
EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE. THE FACT THAT IT IS THIS DEEP IN JUNE IS
QUITE RARE AND LIKELY OWES ITS STRENGTH... IN PART... TO THE RIPE
INGREDIENTS THAT IT INGESTED FROM ALBERTO OVERNIGHT.
THE STORM CONTINUES DEEPENING THIS AFTERNOON WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE
IN THE LOW 970S AT FORECAST TIME. THE GEM INITIALIZED TOO HIGH...
AS DID OTHER MODELS... HOWEVER ALL MODELS RECOGNIZE THAT AN INTENSE
LOW IS IN MARITIME WATERS.

DRY AIR HAS WRAPPED AROUND THE LOW AND SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION HAS
BEEN EVIDENT FOR MANY HOURS JUST NORTH OF THE LOW. LIGHTNING
CONTINUES BEING REPORTED WEST OF THE LOW CENTRE OVER THE MARINE
DISTRICT.

B. PROGNOSTIC
THE GEM REGIONAL APPEARS REASONABLE REGARDING THE TRACK AND PRESSURE
TENDENCY FOR CENTRAL PRESSURE... APART FROM INITIALIZING TOO HIGH.
BETWEEN A GOOD SATELLITE AND MARINE DATA FIX ON THE LOW CENTRE AT
15Z AND THE GEM PROG WE ARE CONTENT TO MAINTAIN A SIMILAR TRACK TO
WHAT WE ISSUED EARLIER.

C. PUBLIC WEATHER
NOVA SCOTIA RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 17Z INCLUDE 41 MM AT LUNENBURG AND
WESTERN HEAD.. AND 38 MM AT YARMOUTH. THE STRONGEST COASTAL WINDS
REPORTED HAVE BEEN PEAK WINDS OF 119 KM/H AT BACCARO POINT...
MARGINAL HURRICANE FORCE. WE EXPECT THAT 40-60 MM RAINFALL TOTALS
WILL HAVE OCCURRED BY THE TIME THAT THIS SYSTEM IS IN THE BOOKS.

D. MARINE WEATHER
STORM FORCE WINDS AT THE GEORGES BANK BUOY WERE REPORTED WELL BEHIND
THE STORM SO IT CONTINUES DEEPENING. WAVE HEIGHTS ALSO REACHED 7 M
AT THAT LOCATION BEFORE THEY STARTED DROPPING. A VERY TIGHT GRADIENT
BEHIND THE STORM IS BEING EXACCERBATED BY STRONG ISALLOBARICS SO
STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED BOTH AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

END BOWYER


As of 8:30 pm 42 mm of rain fell in Clayton Park West. Rain was heavy at times with gusty winds which gave sporadic poweroutages. Storm moved by quickly with a low barometer of 98.8 kPa and then rose quickly at a rate of .2 to .3 kPa an hour.