AMCIR <1> AWCN11 CWHX 190048
SPECIAL STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 9:48 PM ADT SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2005.

TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA TRACKED JUST SOUTH OF WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA AND
HALIFAX SATURDAY NIGHT AND MADE LANDFALL AS A POST-TROPICAL STORM
NEAR SHEET HARBOUR..HALIFAX COUNTY WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OVER WATER NEAR 45 KNOTS. THE CENTER WENT OVER SYDNEY THEN MOVED
THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND SUNDAY EVENING.

THE PREDICTED HEAVY RAINFALLS DID OCCUR FOR THE MOST PART
..HOWEVER..STRONG WINDS WERE NOT EXPERIENCED OVER NOVA SCOTIA
BECAUSE THE STORM GENERALLY TRACKED SOUTH OF THE PROVINCE WHICH WAS
FURTHER SOUTH THAN WE EXPECTED BEFORE THE WEEKEND. HAD THE TRACK
BEEN A BIT FURTHER NORTH..THERE WOULD VERY LIKELY HAVE BEEN SOME
HIGH WIND GUSTS OVER NOVA SCOTIA. THE STRONGEST WIND GUST IN NOVA
SCOTIA WAS 80 KM/H FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST..REPORTED AT THE
WELL-EXPOSED BEAVER ISLAND WEATHER STATION IN EASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY.

IN NEWFOUNDLAND..THERE WERE SOME STRONG COASTAL WIND GUSTS. AT
BURGEO..A GUST OF 96 KM/H WAS REPORTED FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS
WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOCAL EFFECT DUE TO CHANNELING OF WIND FROM HIGHER
TERRAIN.

HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE OVER NOVA SCOTIA. HERE ARE THE STORM
TOTAL RAINFALLS AND MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS FOR SELECTED STATIONS:

NOVA SCOTIA...
			RAINFALL 	MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS
CAPE SABLE ISLAND 	88.0 MM 	72 KM/H
YARMOUTH 		69.4 MM 	37 KM/H
KEJIMKUJIK 		28.6 MM
GREENWOOD 		20.6 MM 	32 KM/H
WESTERN HEAD 		46.0 MM 	41 KM/H
LIVERPOOL 		67.3 MM
SHEARWATER 		60.7 MM
CLAYTON PARK 		60.0 MM
LOWER SACKVILLE 	47.0 MM
OSBORNE HEAD 				65 KM/H
HALIFAX INT'L ARPT 	62.0 MM 	39 KM/H
BEAVER ISLAND 				80 KM/H
SYDNEY 			31.0 MM 	57 KM/H
NEW GLASGOW 		36.8 MM 	31 KM/H
CARIBOU POINT 		53.2 MM 	44 KM/H
TRACADIE NS 		29.6 MM 	54 KM/H
PARRSBORO 		27.6 MM 	35 KM/H
DEBERT 			55.0 MM 	37 KM/H
INGONISH BEACH 		82.6 MM 	65 KM/H
HART ISLAND 				70 KM/H

NEW BRUNSWICK...

MONCTON 		18.8 MM 	41 KM/H
FREDERICTON 		19.5 MM 	32 KM/H
SAINT JOHN 		14.0 MM 	33 KM/H
POINT LEPREAU 		17.1 MM 	52 KM/H
SAINT STEPHEN 		20.7 MM 	37 KM/H
BATHURST 		12.0 MM
ST LEONARD 		17.2 MM

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND...

ELMWOOD 		42.4 MM
CHARLOTTETOWN 		39.4 MM 	28 KM/H
SUMMERSIDE 		39.2 MM 	39 KM/H
EAST POINT 		38.7 MM 	50 KM/H

ILES DE LA MADALEINE...

GRINDSTONE ISLAND 	33.6 MM 	56 KM/H

NEWFOUNDLAND
PORT-AUX-BASQUES 	38.5 MM 	63 KM/H
BURGEO 			50.6 MM 	96 KM/H
ST LAWRENCE 		32.5 MM 	67 KM/H
ARGENTIA 		21.8 MM 	65 KM/H
CAPE RACE 		17.5 MM 	74 KM/H
SAINT JOHNS 		29.0 MM 	37 KM/H
STEPHENVILLE 		28.2 MM
DEER LAKE 		13.2 MM
SAGONA ISLAND 				63 KM/H
GANDER 			41.2 MM +
BONAVSITA 		37.0 MM + 	93 KM/H
TWILLINGATE 		15.8 MM +
TERRA NOVA 		53.7 MM

THE "+" BESIDE THE RAINFALL INDICATES THAT LIGHT RAIN WAS STILL
OCCURRING AT THE TIME OF THIS SUMMARY.

OVER THE OCEAN ..MAXIMUM WINDS OF 40 KNOTS WERE REPORTED BY LAHAVE
BANK BUOY WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE OF 11.0 M AS THE STORM PASSED BY TO
THE NORTH.

END/MCILDOON FOGARTY