Look out East Coast Canada!

[Sail4beer]

Severe weather warning: Hurricane Fiona will be 'historic', 'extremely strong and dangerous' for Atlantic Canada

As Hurricane Fiona heads north to Atlantic Canada, local experts are calling its expected impact in the Maritimes "extremely strong and dangerous."

www.yahoo.com

Historic weather predicted.

Here’s the he view of outer bands from NJ after several hours rain.

 

[Point Break]

According to the news…..it will arrive in Canada as still a Cat 2………oh my…….

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

Here’s the he view of outer bands from NJ after several hours rain.

those are not the outer bands of the hurricane... that's the front that just came through from canada..

 

[Cal20sailor]

Get out. Kids, pets, irreplaceable and go.

 

[Bugsy]

Get your storm chips!

 

[Snaggletooth]

<<< play loude >>>

 

[Smiley Junction]

News this morning reporting it will land as Cat 3 with winds up to 185km. Hold on to your Keith’s. Be safe.

 

[Jkdubz808]

Should land somewhere late afternoon/early evening on the 24th, probably as a Cat 3.

 

[jerseyguy]

Good friend of mine lives in Halifax. Has stripped his boat of sails, Bimini, etc. extra fenders out, doubled up on dock lines. Says he hopes this one isn’t as bad as 2001 when power was out for 3 days

 

[Smiley Junction]

The newscasts this morning were predicting it as “the worst storm in history ever to hit Eastern Canada.”

Their words, not mine. I notice that the Globe and Mail has already downgraded to “winds up to 100km.”

Will see what actually happens. Hope they’re wrong and this thing loses energy like a fat man in a 5k…

 

[Windward]

The newscasts this morning were predicting it as “the worst storm in history ever to hit Eastern Canada.”

Their words, not mine. I notice that the Globe and Mail has already downgraded to “winds up to 100km.”

Will see what actually happens. Hope they’re wrong and this thing loses energy like a fat man in a 5k…

Not to belittle the event, and certainly hoping for the best.

But...

Isn't every storm historic, dramatic, catastrophic and otherwise apocalyptic? You must tune in for the latest advertisements! Big update coming soon.

I'll watch, but ugg... the reporting.

 

[Zonker]

- lowest central pressure of any storm to hit Canada, ever

- very warm water between Bermuda and Canada (that's a sea surface anomaly map)

- interaction with that cold front coming off the coast

- big high somewhere south of Iceland pushing the gradients steeper


Yeah it will be one to remember I think. As usual it will be storm surge/rainfall that does most of the damage, not the winds.

 

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[billy backstay]

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[Smiley Junction]

Allegedly, Quebec is going to get 12m seas. Allegedly.

 

[billy backstay]

 

[Mrleft8]

So it's going to get sucked in to the gulf of St. Lawrence..... And then.... What? Out the strait of Belle Isle? Or will it just tromp across the east coast of Quebec and Labrador?

 

[Willin']

One would think on that track Maine's Southeasterly facing beaches should be getting hammered right about now. Dogwalk on Head Beach this aft yielded only 1-2' beach break, strong westerlies holding the small lefts open but really nothing worth suiting up for.

Granted we have a very small swell window between Cape Cod and Yarmouth, NS so timing is everything.

I just want ONE epic swell to hit when I have a camera in my hands. Just one! Is that too much to ask after 22 years in Maine?

 

[Sail4beer]

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[Ishmael]

Fuuuck. @sculpin lost his boat in the last one, although it wasn't the weather as such, it was the thief. Who subsequently sailed it into a hurricane.

Be safe, everybody.