Today started out with some cloud and fog, but it soon burned off leaving us with a sunny and pleasant day. The morning low was the coolest we have had in several weeks, 13.2*C. Our afternoon high was 23.0*C. The barometer is now at 101.8 kPa, down from 102.1 kPa this morning. Temperature at 7:30 pm is 20.6*C.

Looking ahead, the surface analysis shows a weak ,low pressure system off of the mid U.S. eastern seaboard. The CMC GEM regional shows this off of our coast on Thursday. It appears this could be our next weather maker.

A fast moving low pressure system which formed over the east coast of the U.S. passed over our area today giving rain at times heavy this morning and late this afternoon. I recorded 37 mm at my location. Clearing arrived at supper time with cooler temps and lower humidity thanks to the north winds. Expected to be back in the sw flow later tomorrow so we can expect a return to the humid conditions. Today's high temperature was 21.7*C and the morning low was 16.2*C. At 8:15 pm the temperature was 17.7*C and the barometer was at 101.2 kPa and rising. Winds were from the north at 10 km/hr.

Looks like we will be having a wet night and Monday morning.

Warnings
Halifax Metro and Halifax County West
1:28 PM ADT Sunday 23 July 2006
Rainfall warning for
Halifax Metro and Halifax County West issued

Heavy rainfall expected along the atlantic coast overnight and Monday.

This is a warning that significant rainfall is expected or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.



A developing low pressure system forming on the eastern sea board will move northeast and intensify overnight and Monday. It is expected to bring periods of heavy rain to the atlantic coast of Nova Scotia beginning shortly after midnight over southwestern sections and reaching the remaining areas by morning. Rainfall amounts near 50 mm are expected. The rain should end in the morning in the west and by early afternoon over eastern sections. There is some uncertainty on the extent of the precipitation and warnings may need to be extended to some other areas of mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. The public are advised to monitor future forecasts in case further warnings are required.

AWCN11 CWHX 220718
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 4:18 AM ADT SATURDAY 22 JULY 2006.

TROPICAL STORM BERYL BECAME EXTRATROPICAL (OR POST-TROPICAL) BEFORE
MAKING LANDFALL AROUND 3 PM ADT JULY 21 NEAR YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA.
THE STORM THEN TRACKED ALONG THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY..OVER TRURO..THEN
EASTERN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WERE
EXPERIENCED OVER MOST OF MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA..SOUTHERN NEW
BRUNSWICK..PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NORTHERN CAPE BRETON ISLAND.
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 KM/H WERE EXPERIENCED SOUTH
OF THE TRACK OF THE STORM. SOME ISOLATED COASTAL AREAS REPORTED
GUSTS NEAR 90 KM/H.

GREATEST RAINFALLS WERE RECORDED OVER WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA FROM
YARMOUTH AND UP THROUGH THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY ALONG THE STORM TRACK.
THE MOST RAINFALL WAS RECORDED IN THE CAPE SPLIT AREA WITH 71
MILLIMETRES AT SCOTT'S BAY WITH UNCONFIRMED NEARBY REPORTS OVER 80
MILLIMETRES WHICH LEAD TO THE OVERFLOWING OF STREAMS ONTO ROADWAYS.
IN THESE AREAS THERE WERE OVER 25 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FALLING IN ONE
HOUR DURING THE WORST OF THE STORM. IN THE HALIFAX AREA WINDS
GUSTED TO NEAR 80 KM/H CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES WITH THE BREAKING
OF SMALL TREE BRANCHES.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF EVENT-RAINFALLS AND PEAK WIND REPORTS (IN
ORDER OF MOST TO LEAST RAINFALL) DIRECTLY RELATED TO BERYL'S
REMNANTS.

NS - NOVA SCOTIA
NB - NEW BRUNSWICK
PEI - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

SITE RAINFALL PEAK WIND
(MM) (KM/H)

SCOTT'S BAY (CAPE SPLIT) NS* 71
BRIER ISLAND NS 62 57
TRURO NS* 52 65
YARMOUTH NS 47 56
DEBERT NS 45
KENTVILLE NS 43
PARRSBORO NS 42
GREENWOOD NS 40 52
CHETICAMP NS 36
HALIFAX INTL. ARPT. 34 81
WEST BROOKLYN MTN. NS* 33 47
INGONISH BEACH NS 30 57
NEW GLASGOW NS* 29 50
CHARLOTTETOWN PEI 28 41
EAST PT. PEI 27 67
BACCARO PT. NS 22 96
CALEDONIA NS* 21 71
LUNENBURG NS 20 80
FUNDY NTL. PARK NB 19
BRIDGEWATER NS 19
SUMMERSIDE PEI 18
SAINT JOHN NB 17
MONCTON NB 16
TRACADIE NS 11 78
SYDNEY NS 6 59
PORT HAWKESBURY NS* 2 70
DRUM HEAD NS* 2 80
BEAVER ISL. NS 87

HALIFAX METRO AREA.....
CLAYTON PARK* 27 70
BEDFORD* 21
SHEARWATER 16 65
DARTMOUTH DWTN. 14
OSBOURNE HEAD 89
BEDFORD BASIN 80
WINDSOR ST. 63
KOOTENAY (HERRING COVE) 80
HARBOUR BUOY 78 (42 KTS)
MCNAB'S ISL. MISSING

*AN ASTERISK BESIDE THE LOCATION INDICATES PRIVATE OBSERVATIONS NOT
PART OF THE STANDARD OBSERVING NETWORK.

Surface Analysis of Post Tropical Storm Beryl at landfall near Yarmouth N.S.

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.

WOCN31 CWHX 212100
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

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.

Special Weather Statement from weekend storm.
Special Weather Statements for Nova Scotia
AWCN11 CWHX 171225
SPECIAL STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 9:25 AM ADT MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2005.

WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF NOVA SCOTIA
THIS PAST WEEKEND DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT CAME UP
FROM THE SOUTH AND MOVED SLOWLY ACROSS NEW BRUNSWICK ON SUNDAY.

FOLLOWING ARE SOME UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS AND PEAK WIND
GUSTS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

LOCATION AMOUNT (MM)

HALIFAX AIRPORT 37
SHEARWATER 46
MALAY FALLS 110
SYDNEY 61
INGONISH 73
YARMOUTH 27
BRIER ISLAND 25

WIND GUST (KM/H)

GRAND ETANG 152
BEAVER ISLAND 98
BACCARO POINT 95
MCNABS ISLAND 93
BRIER ISLAND 76
HALIFAX AIRPORT 72
YARMOUTH 72

October 16 2005.

Today was a cloudy and windy day with some sprinkles of rain and a few sunny breaks.Winds were gusting near 70 km/hr and the barometer remained low with the large low pressure system to our north. The lowest reading was 98.1 kPa, it is currently 98.2 kPa. The high temperature today was early this morning 17.4*C. The low was 10.1*C. At 9:10 pm it was 10.2*C. 2 mm of rain today giving a storm total of 41 mm.

October 15 2005

Rain all day today and windy. At 6:30 pm measured 24 mm. Barometer has been dropping fast today. At 10:45 pm it was at 98.8 kPa. Today's high was 14.3*C and the low was 12.7*C.

October 13 2005.

We were greeted with clear skies but cool temperatures this morning, with a low of 3.5*C. Temperature made it to 13.8*C this afternoon with a mix of sun and cloud. At 10:30 pm ADT the temperature is 8.8*C, barometer is 103.1 kPa and rh 92%.

October 12 2005.

Today was a sunny day with cool northwest winds,which made it feel cool if you were in the wind. The high was 12.3*C and the low was 6.3*C. At 10 pm the temperature is 7.4*C and the barometer is at 103.4 kPa. Models are pointing towards a rain and wind storm for the weekend. A good chance of frost overnight.

Weekend storm Summary

Rain moved in Saturday morning and ended early Tuesday morning. Total for Clayton Park was 164 mm. Broken down as follows.

Saturday October 8 24 mm
Sunday October 9 74 mm
Monday Ocober 10 64 mm
Tuesday October 11 2 mm

AWCN11 CWHX 111118
SPECIAL STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 8:18 AM ADT TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2005.

AN ELONGATED FRONTAL TROUGH WHICH STRETCHED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
MARITIMES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ACTED AS A CONVEYOR
BELT STREAMING AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE TO SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NOVA SCOTIA. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DIPPED
A BIT FURTHER SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
MOISTURE CONTINUED TO STREAM ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA AND ANOTHER PULSE
OF RAIN CAME THROUGH MONDAY. WE CAN EXPECT A BIT MORE ACCUMULATIONS
THIS MORNING BEFORE THIS STORM MOVES OFF TO CROSS NEWFOUNDLAND
LATER TODAY.

SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF RAIN FOR
OCTOBER IN THE PAST 3 DAYS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE UNOFFICIAL
ACCUMULATIVE STORM TOTALS TO TUESDAY MORNING:

AS OF.......... 3 AM SUNDAY.....3 AM MONDAY.....3 AM TUESDAY

GREENWOOD.........56.4 MM........112.6 MM........146.0 MM
KEJIMKUJIK........43.7 MM........125.1 MM........149.5 MM
YARMOUTH..........35.0 MM........126.0 MM........128.8 MM
HALIFAX AIRPORT...60.3 MM........122.3 MM........153.9 MM
SYDNEY............61.8 MM.........73.2 MM.........90.8 MM
INGONISH BEACH....66.7 MM.........81.2 MM.........94.2 MM

END/ASPC

October 9 2005

Today we had rain all day, total at 10:30 pm was 74 mm for the day and 98 mm for this storm with more on the way by looks of the radar. A cool day with little change in the temperature. The low was 11*C and the high was 12.5*C. At 10:45 pm it is 12.3*C.

October 8 2005.

Today was a rainy day with 20 mm recorded upto 10 pm. The high temp was 19.6*C and the low is the current temperature of 13.4*C.

October 7 2005.

Today was a cloudy and foggy day with a couple of brief sunny breaks. The low was 16.8*C and the high was 20.6*C. At 9:55 pm the temperature was 17.4*C and the barometer was 102.0 kPa, falling slowly through the day. The next few days will be wet with a system with lots of moisture approaches from the south and west.

Report for October 5 and 6.


October 5
A nice sunny day with a low of 14.4*C and a high of 23.2*C.

October 6

Today saw a mix of sun and cloud in the morning, becoming cloudy mid afternoon with light drizzle beginning at supper time giving just a trace. The afternoon high was 22.5*C and the morning low was 15.1*C. At 9:20 pm it was a muggy 18.3*C.

October 4 2005

Today began cloudy and foggy with Stratus cloud off the ocean. Cleared off after lunch and was a nice afternoon. Today's high was 19.4*C and the low was 12.2*C.
At 10:20 pm the temp was 15.4*C.