Here is a news clip from CBC News -
CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe on Irene's impact on Canada:
Hurricane Irene is on track to hug the U.S. coastline, potentially making landfall in North Carolina Saturday evening as a major Category 3 storm, and then again along the coast of New England on Sunday night.
The finale of Irene will take place in Atlantic Canada. Although it is too early to talk about exact track and intensity of the storm, all forecast models are in agreement that the storm will track across the Maritimes early next week.
Although there is often an error of approximately 400 kilometres when you get that far out in model forecasts, there is some confidence in Irene's current track. The Canadian Hurricane Centre has not issued a statement for Irene yet, but people from Montreal to St John's should start paying attention to this storm over the next couple of days.
Regardless of track and intensity, Irene will be bringing a lot of wind and rain to the East Coast starting Monday.
Canadians living in the predicted path zone should keep a careful eye on this storm.
Here is a link to Environment Canada's Hurricane Center:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/ouragans-hurricanes/default.asp?lang=En&n=DA74FE64-1
Easterners should be checking their preps not only for this storm, but for what has been predicted to be an above average hurricane season.
Please feel free to tune into my podcast on Sunday evening at 10PM EST. on the Prepper Podcast Radio Network. This week's topic - you guessed it - storm prepping.
http://prepperpodcast.com/index.php
This is from Environment Canada.....
Warnings
Metro Montréal - Laval
4:11 AM EDT Saturday 27 August 2011
Wind warning for
Metro Montréal - Laval issued
Northeasterly winds of 60 to 110 km/h.
Hurricane Irene is located just south of Cape Hatteras this morning and continues its course northward today. It will move up the eastern American seaboard and reach New England Sunday evening. It will then become an extra-tropical low pressure system as it moves toward the Gaspé Peninsula Monday morning and toward the Lower North Shore Monday evening.
Heavy rain will affect several regions west of its track. This area of rain will affect a large part of southwestern and Central Quebec Sunday; 50 to 100 millimetres of rain is expected. High northeasterly winds of 60 to 90 km/h will occur in a corridor stretching from Montréal toward the lower St. Lawrence. They will be especially high Sunday afternoon between Quebec and Kamouraska and peak winds could reach 110 km/h at times.
Rain and winds will spread eastward and affect the lower St. Lawrence and the Gaspé Peninsula Sunday night through Monday. Strong winds associated with this storm will occur during a period of strong tides and will favour coastal flooding. Storm surge warnings are already in effect for coastal regions of the St Lawrence river between Quebec City and the Lower North Shore for these periods.
Public warning: the storm's track is gradually becoming clearer. Please consult latest forecasts, as warnings could be extended to other regions of Quebec later today.
Please refer to regional public forecasts issued by Environment Canada for details pertaining to each region. These forecasts can be found at WWW.METEO.GC.CA.
Metro Montréal - Laval
4:11 AM EDT Saturday 27 August 2011
Rainfall warning for
Metro Montréal - Laval issued
50 to 100 millimetres of rain is expected.
Hurricane Irene is located just south of Cape Hatteras this morning and continues its course northward today. It will move up the eastern American seaboard and reach New England Sunday evening. It will then become an extra-tropical low pressure system as it moves toward the Gaspé Peninsula Monday morning and toward the Lower North Shore Monday evening.
Heavy rain will affect several regions west of its track. This area of rain will affect a large part of southwestern and Central Quebec Sunday; 50 to 100 millimetres of rain is expected. High northeasterly winds of 60 to 90 km/h will occur in a corridor stretching from Montréal toward the lower St. Lawrence. They will be especially high Sunday afternoon between Quebec and Kamouraska and peak winds could reach 110 km/h at times.
Rain and winds will spread eastward and affect the lower St. Lawrence and the Gaspé Peninsula Sunday night through Monday. Strong winds associated with this storm will occur during a period of strong tides and will favour coastal flooding. Storm surge warnings are already in effect for coastal regions of the St Lawrence river between Quebec City and the Lower North Shore for these periods.
Public warning: the storm's track is gradually becoming clearer. Please consult latest forecasts, as warnings could be extended to other regions of Quebec later today.
Please refer to regional public forecasts issued by Environment Canada for details pertaining to each region. These forecasts can be found at WWW.METEO.GC.CA.