At 3 AM this morning the centre of hurricane Earl was located about 135 kilometres east-southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina and is moving north-northeast at 30 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 early Saturday morning.
It is likely that portions of Southwestern Nova Scotia will have wind gusts reaching or exceeding 100 km/h.
Elsewhere along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia...Up as far as the eastern shore...And the Bay of Fundy maximum wind gusts will likely reach 90 km/h.
Heavy rain...Amounting to 40 to 70 millimetres will likely fall over portions of the Maritimes on Saturday as Earl tracks across the region....With southern and Central New Brunswick and Northwestern Prince Edward Island being the most likely areas to receive these amounts. Over many areas of the Maritimes very heavy downpours are likely...With 25 millimetres or more possible in one hour.
Higher than normal water levels are possible along Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia and over the gulf of st. Lawrence coastlines. However since the tidal cycle is not extreme severe storm surge impacts are not as likely as they would be otherwise.
However high waves and pounding surf can be expected along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia with the arrival of Earl.
