Good morning Earl

Crew secure the Tall Ship Silva at the Bedford Waterfront. Theodore II is also docked here, along with other boats. At 9 a.m. Saturday morning, the wind and waves were steadily getting more powerful.

Hurricane Earl has arrived!

Hurricane Earl is now expected to make landfall in Halifax this morning, as a tropical storm.

As of 8:36 a.m. the Canadian Hurricane  Centre has issued a hurricane watch for the Halifax area. Environment Canada, as of yesterday, is issuing wind, tropical storm and rainfall warnings.

“Strong winds with gusts between 90 and a 110 km/h are possible with Earl. This is a warning that potentially damaging winds are expected. ”

“A tropical storm warning means that sustained gales…Winds of 63 km/h or more…Are expected in the specified areas within 24 hours.”

Rainfall is expected to exceed 50 millimetres.

As for the hurricane watch, Environment Canada explains that “at 9:00 AM ADT the centre of hurricane Earl was located about 115 kilometres south southeast of Yarmouth and is moving northeast at 52 km/h. On its current track Earl is forecast to make landfall along the southwestern shore of Nova Scotia late this morning.”

For more information on Hurricane Earl, and how to prepare for major storms,  visit www.weatheroffice.gc.ca and The Canadian Hurricane Centre.

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