Dorian moves across the Maritime Provinces of Canada
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Dorian as it briefly intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 2 storm during the morning of 07 September 2019. Later in the day, Dorian transitioned to a post-tropical storm before making landfall over Nova Scotia around 2215 UTC. Due to high amounts of deep-layer wind shear, the low-level circulation center of Dorian remained exposed while deep convection remained to its north and northeast. The eye of Dorian moved over Buoy 44011, which recorded a wind gust to 82 knots; in western Nova Scotia, winds gusted to 70 knots at Yarmouth. VIIRS True Color RGB and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images from Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 as visualized using RealEarth (above) revealed a brighter region exhibiting a somewhat hazy appearance within the cloud-free slot southwest of the eye during the 16-17 UTC period. This could have been a signature of diffuse solar reflection off highly-agitated ocean waves — a NHC discussion noted strong Metop-B ASCAT winds of 80 knots or higher in that area around 15 UTC (below). On the following day, Suomi NPP VIIRS True Color and Infrared images (below) showed Post-Tropical Cyclone Dorian when its center was over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Wind gusts included 68 knots at Heath Point, Quebec (CWHP) and 57 knots at Deer Lake, Newfoundland (CYDF).#Dorian is a storm the Maritimes won't soon forget.
Wind gusts to 145 km/h (even stronger Les Suetes) up to 161 mm of rainfall, damaging storm surge and yes, the first snow of the season.
Here's a summary on the Hurricane turned Post Tropical storm#nsstorm #nbstorm #pestorm pic.twitter.com/EDi16LRQd7— Ryan Snoddon (@ryansnoddon) September 9, 2019