AWCN11 CWHX 290718
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 4:18 AM ADT MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2008.
HURRICANE KYLE MADE LANDFALL JUST NORTH OF YARMOUTH AT 9:30 PM SUNDAY
EVENING JUST AS IT WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM. KYLE THEN MOVED
ACROSS DIGBY COUNTY AND INTO THE BAY OF FUNDY AND RAPIDLY BECAME
POST-TROPICAL. KYLE IS MOVING ACROSS THE TANTRAMAR MARSH AREA AND IS
FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND THIS MORNING.
THE FOLLOWING WIND GUSTS WERE OBSERVED FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS
NOVA SCOTIA UP TO 3 AM ADT.
YARMOUTH AIRPORT....................76 KM/H
BACCARO POINT..................... 124 KM/H
BRIAR ISLAND........................74 KM/H
WESTERN HEAD.......................102 KM/H
LUNENBURG...........................93 KM/H
CFB GREENWOOD.......................76 KM/H
MACNABS ISLAND.....................102 KM/H
HALIFAX STANFIELD INT AIRPORT.......91 KM/H
BEAVER ISLAND.......................95 KM/H
LES SUETES...GRAND ETANG...........106 KM/H
SOME EARLY REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED DIRECTLY WITH KYLE
ARE:
YARMOUTH............ .............43 MILLIMETRES
BRIAR ISLAND.......... ...........33 MILLIMETRES
KEJIMKUJIK..................... 28.6 MILLIMETRES
HALIFAX STANFIELD INT AIRPORT ....35 MILLIMETRES
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