AWCN15 CWNT 011737
SUMMARY WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:37 PM
EST FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2008.
SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AND FORECASTS FROM 8.00 AM EST
THURSDAY TO 8.00 AM EST FRIDAY.
BLIZZARD RAGES AT GRISE FIORD..
THE TINY NUNAVUT COMMUNITY OF GRISE FIORD IS WEATHERING AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THAT BEGAN EARLY WEDNESDAY. REPORTS
GATHERED FROM THE TOWN DESCRIBE BOATS AND SHEDS OVERTURNED AND
PROJECTILES PIERCING VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS, DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS.
ONE BOAT, DESCRIBED TO BE 13 METERS IN LENGTH, WAS ACTUALLY BLOWN UP
A HILL.
WINDS TEND TO BE QUITE VARIABLE IN THE TOWN DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF
THE LOCAL TERRAIN, AND HAVE BEEN TRUE TO FORM DURING THIS EVENT.
AVERAGE WINDS HAVE RANGED FROM 30 TO 95 KM/H. GUSTS AS HIGH AS
140 KM/H WERE REPORTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND THE BLIZZARD WILL
FINALLY END.
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