Kyle Obs/Preps - New England/Atlantic Canada

[Just Joshing You]

Wow.. I just went for a short walk up the road for some Coke. Let me tell you...

I started walking out, was smirking about how calm it seemed to be. By the time I was half way up the road, about 500 metres, I was completely soaked, but the wind wasn't that bad. By the time I got to the store and turned around, the wind was so bad that I, a 200 lb man, was being gently pushed. Not enough to put me off track, but enough for me to notice.

The rain started coming in sheets, and it pounded the pavement in torrents. As I got to my house, I looked up at the light and noticed the wind was whipping the rain around the side of the house very powerfully.

I got so wet that my boxers are soaked through my pants. My shirt is damp through my sweater.

Kyle is the real deal, folks. I doubt there will be tons of damage, but there will be some, and the winds are probably approaching sustained 35-40 kt and gusts to over 50-55 kt.

[CrazyC83]

That seems just about right for the intensity...

[Just Joshing You]

I live over 300 KM from the center though... so ... lol the center will pass close to me sometime this evening.

[CrazyC83]

Tropical storm force winds extend out 230 miles from the center though...

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

20km/h 50 km/h/15 gusting to 30 mph here, with heavy rain right now. Not as bad, thus far, as many of our Fall & Winter Nor'easters here near the SW coast of NB.

[CrazyC83]

Unofficial report from Shelburne NS from CTV Atlantic: 155 km/h (96 mph) wind gust.

[Cainer]

Winds picking up a little bit again, but nothing near like they were earlier. Well, all in all, Kyle wasn't anything overly remarkable, but it did make for some crazy waves and a lot of fun!

[CrazyC83]

Looking at the damage, this was definitely a hurricane at landfall. In the BT, it will likely show up as becoming extratropical at 0600Z, so it might register the second New Brunswick landfall (expected around 0500Z).

A commercial building under construction was flattened, and many trees were knocked down in southwestern Nova Scotia.

[CrazyC83]

WOCN31 CWHX 290300
INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12.00 MIDNIGHT ADT
SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2008.

AT 9:00 PM ADT.. KYLE CAME ASHORE JUST NORTH OF YARMOUTH AS
A MARGINAL CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS
OF 124 KM/H WERE REPORTED AT BACCARO POINT IN SHELBURNE
COUNTY. THE WEATHER CENTRE IN HALIFAX HAS ALSO RECEIVED A REPORT
OF WINDS GUSTING TO 154 KM/H FROM A COAST GUARD SHIP JUST OFF
THE SHELBURNE COAST.

NEWS HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF TREES DOWNED IN THE TRICOUNTY
AREA OF NOVA SCOTIA AND OF A BOAT SWAMPED IN A HARBOUR IN
SHELBURNE COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES ARE NOTED ACROSS VARIOUS
LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN NOVA SCOTIA. WITH ARRIVAL OF DAWN ON
MONDAY.. THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE FROM KYLE WILL BE BETTER KNOWN.

KYLE RAPIDLY EVOLVED FROM A HURRICANE TO A TROPICAL STORM AND
IS CURRENTLY TRANSFORMING INTO A EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM. KYLE HAS
YET TO MAKE LANDFALL ONTO THE NEW BRUNSWICK COAST.. LIKELY JUST
EAST OF THE CITY OF ST JOHN.. AS OF MIDNIGHT.
IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT KYLE WILL NO LONGER BE TROPICAL WHEN IT
HITS THE COAST BUT WE WILL ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND MAINTAIN
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK..
SPECIFICALLY GRAND MANAN AND COASTAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY.. SAINT
JOHN COUNTY.. FUNDY NATIONAL PARK AND MONCTON AND SOUTHEAST
NEW BRUNSWICK.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF KYLE
OVER NOVA SCOTIA IN ADDITION TO ASSOCIATED STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS OVER MANY PARTS OF SOUTHERN NOVA SCOTIA.. WE MAINTAIN
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR SHELBURNE COUNTY YARMOUTH COUNTY DIGBY
COUNTY LUNENBURG COUNTY QUEENS COUNTY AND ANNAPOLIS COUNTY OF
NOVA SCOTIA.

OF COURSE RELEVANT WIND AND RAINFALL WARNINGS WILL BE ENFORCED
DUE TO KYLE UNTIL WE HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT ALL
DANGER HAS PASSED. AS A REMINDER.. WHEN EVOLVING TROPICAL SYSTEMS
LIKE KYLE ARE IN OUR LATITUDES.. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE TO THE
EAST OR RIGHT OF TRACK AND THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE TO THE WEST
OR LEFT OF TRACK.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3.00 AM ADT

END CAMPBELL
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[CrazyC83]

TWN: A commercial ship has been reported to have swamped at port in Shelburne, NS.