Tropical Storm Chantal - In Nova Scotia???

World is truly going crazy. Periodically I check the old Hurricane Center site (living in FL, you do that)...and imagine my surprise to see this! So much for that water temperature idea I suppose, hehe....


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WTNT33 KNHC 311431
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032007
1100 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2007

...CHANTAL STRENGTHENS...BUT HEADED FOR COOLER WATERS...

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.7 WEST OR ABOUT 305
MILES...495 KM...SOUTH OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA AND ABOUT 660 MILES...
1060 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.

CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND CHANTAL COULD LOSE TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS TONIGHT OR ON WEDNESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...40.2 N...62.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM EDT.

$$
FORECASTER BLAKE

It happens Gaz. I almost lost a middle finger during a hurricane there around 1970. Can't remember the exact year.

Just never see that one on the news...just on internet, and then only if you really look...weird.

Not sure if I want to know how you almost lost a middle finger, hehe....

Originally posted by Gazrok


Not sure if I want to know how you almost lost a middle finger, hehe....

Handle on the bucket let go on one side and slid through my hand and damn near ripped it off at the second joint.