Environment Canada has issued a hurricane watch for Digby County as of 2:48 PM ADT Thursday 02 September 2010
Hurricane Earl is moving northward toward the Maritimes. Maximum wind gusts could reach 130 km/h over the above regions beginning early Saturday morning.
A hurricane watch means that a hurricane or an incipient hurricane condition poses a possible threat to the specified areas within 36 to 48 hours.
At noon Thursday the centre of hurricane Earl was located near 485 km south of Cape Hatteras North Carolina and moving northward at 30 km/h. On its current track Earl is forecast to make landfall in the vicinity of Western Nova Scotia to the Fundy coast of New Brunswick early Saturday morning.
Strong winds...Gusting up to 130 km/h or perhaps higher are possible for southwestern counties of Nova Scotia early Saturday morning. Elsewhere along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia...Up as far as the eastern shore...And the Bay of Fundy maximum wind gusts could reach 90 km/h.
Heavy rain...Amounting to 40 to 70 millimetres could fall over the Maritimes on Saturday as Earl tracks across the region.
Please refer to the latest Environment Canada forecasts for updated information.
