Atlantic Canada Being Blasted By Repeated Big Storms

One forecast depiction of an intense bomb cyclone
expected to hit Newfoundland on Tuesday. This storm will
blast the coastline up there with near hurricane force gusts.

 The most intense in a series of strong storms is about to blast parts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with wild gales, torrential rains and battering waves on the coast. 

We told you last week about a dip in the jet stream that has roughly centered itself in or near Quebec. 

The position of this dip allows storms to develop near the United States coast and then intensify as they move northeast into Canada. 

A nor'easter was developing off the North Carolina coast today. It will move north and east, well off the New England coast. 

Meanwhile, a separate system, with a cold front that will give us in Vermont a spate of showers this afternoon and tonight, is heading east. 

The two storms will team up, and the nor'easter will explode into that intense storm. Waters off the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are way warmer than normal for this time of year. The warm water will add fuel for the storm and make it especially intense.   

The storm should blow past the eastern tip of Nova Scotia early Tuesday then smack into Newfoundland during the day. 

Though it will be a fairly compact storm, the barometric pressure at its center could go down to as low as 944 millibars or 27.88 inches of mercury, a sign of particularly powerful storm. 

As a result, parts of eastern Nova Scotia and Newfoundland on Tuesday can expect wind gusts as high as 68 mph and up to three inches of rain. . Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for the areas that will be hit by the storm. 

Huge waves will batter the coastlines. Environment Canada has also issued coastal flood alerts for parts of Newfoundland. The wind and rain warnings might well be extended into Nova Scotia. 

The Maritime provinces of Canada are now caught in a stormy pattern, thanks to the weather pattern that centers that southward push of the jet stream in or near Quebec. 

The storm that brought decent rains to us in Vermont last Friday intensified further and brought high winds and heavy rain to Maritimes. Up in Canada, the rain got a boost from the remnants of Hurricane Melissa passing by just offshore of Newfoundland. 

Three more storms between Wednesday and next Monday will be beginning to develop near us here in Vermont, giving us light to moderate amounts of precipitation. 

Several weather models indicate each of these storms will become powerful once they head up toward Newfoundland. They might not be as strong as the one that will hit Tuesday, but will still stir things up with more potentially damaging winds and a flood risk.