**** Info via Environment Canada
Fiona broke many records
Hurricane Fiona made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone with Category 2 hurricane-strength winds about 30 km southwest of the town of Canso, Nova Scotia, during the early morning of September 24.
With a measured sea-level pressure of 932.7 mb, Fiona has the lowest recorded barometric pressure over Canadian land. For mid-latitude cyclones, the deeper the low, the stronger the storm is, which explains Fiona’s severity.
Max wind gust per province/region.
On top of generating severe winds and torrential rainfall, Fiona brought extremely large waves. Our buoy data indicated waves with heights from 5 to 8 metres, with peak waves over Banquereau Bank, located on the southeast of Nova Scotia, as high as 30 metres! Peak waves of 10 metres were also measured east of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, and 16 metre waves were measured over the eastern sections of the Gulf of St Lawrence.
As the recovery work continues, unsettled showery weather will linger over Atlantic Provinces for a few more days. The Canadian Hurricane Centre is also actively monitoring the progression of Hurricane Ian, as it moves northwards.
- Latest hurricane Ian track.
Full summary of post-tropical storm Fiona.
