The record breaking temperatures that Nova Scotians have enjoyed this past week are about to come to an end.

Hurricane Earl is passing through, and the storm will leave behind cooler seasonal temperatures.

As of 10:46 a.m. Environment Canada has issued wind, tropical storm and rainfall warnings. Also added for the Halifax area is a hurricane watch.

“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 a.m. ADT the centre of hurricane Earl was located about 205 kilometres east northeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina and is moving north northeast at 37 km/h. On its current track Earl is forecast to make landfall in the vicinity of Western Nova Scotia or the Fundy coast of New Brunswick Saturday morning.

It is likely that portions of Southwestern Nova Scotia will have wind gusts reaching or exceeding 100 km/h….Possibly reaching 130 km/h. Wind gusts reaching 90 km/h or higher are possible elsewhere.”

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