Post Tropical Storm Beryl

Post tropical storm Beryl made its Nova Scotia Landfall near Yarmouth mid afternoon. Monsoon like rains here in Clayton Park lasted roughly 30 minutes giving 16 mm up to 4:00 pm. More rain has falled since then. Wind has picked up in the last few hours gusting to near 70 km/hr.

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POST-TROPICAL STORM BERYL INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED
BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6.00 PM
ADT FRIDAY 21 JULY 2006.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.00 PM ADT

...POST-TROPICAL STORM BERYL MOVING ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA...

AT 6.00 PM ADT... POST-TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 44.6 N AND LONGITUDE 65.1 W... ABOUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 40 KM SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD NOVA SCOTIA.

BERYL IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS... 46
KM/H. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 40 KNOTS... 74
KM/H AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 1001 MB.

ALL OF THE RAIN IS AHEAD OF THE ADVANCE OF PT BERYL AND PARTIAL
CLEARING AND SUN IS EVIDENT IN WESTERNMOST PORTIONS OF THE PROVINCE.
MAXIMUM RAINFALL REPORTED SO FAR WAS 64 MM AT YARMOUTH. ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN MUCH LESS AND CAME
MOSTLY OUT OF A COUPLE OF RAIN BANDS SWEEPING THROUGH THE PROVINCE...
RANGING FROM 15-25 MM. SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK AMOUNTS WERE MORE
VARIABLE WITH EXAMPLES LIKE FREDERICTON WHICH HAD AMOUNTS RANGING
FROM 25-45 MM JUST WITHIN DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE CITY.

PEAK WINDS OF 96 KM/H WERE REPORTED AT BACCARO POINT WHILE GUSTS OF
65-75 KM/H HAVE BRUSHED ALL ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THE STORM ADVANCES THROUGH NOVA
SCOTIA THIS EVENING.

LOCALIZED REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES ARE THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
REPORTS RECEIVED TO THIS TIME.

END BOWYER/LAFORTUNE