Wet Conditions Continue Overnight.. Perfect for All Ducks
/Issued December 1st, 2020 @ 11 PM
Updated December 1st, 2020 @ 3 AM
Forecaster: James Follette
Wow-what the first day of December 2020 it was!! We got broken heat records, broken rainfall records, winds over 90km/h in some locations, widespread flooding, and rising rivers. That rain will continue for several hours tonight and into the early part of the morning for the South coast, it would be late evening or Thursday morning when the rain is done in the North and Cape Breton.
Here are the latest Rainfall amounts SO FAR!:
Kejimkujik………… 94 mm
Brier Island……… 77 mm
Yarmouth…………. 72 mm
Shelburne………… 55 mm
Greenwood……… 44.2 mm
Baccaro Point…… 38 mm
Parrsboro………… 19.3 mm
Western Head…… 17 mm
Kentville……………… 14.3 mm
Malay Falls…………... 5mm
Halifax Airport…….. 4 mm
Upper Stewiacke… 0.2 mm
Into tomorrow and Thursday, Here is what we can expect for additional rainfall amounts. For the southern sections, another 30-60 mm of rainfall into tomorrow morning, PLUS another 15+ mm of rain tonight into Thursday! Central portions of the province, won’t see very much only about 5 to 15 mm and Northern portions will see 30 to 45 mm by Thursday evening, Western Cape Breton can see up to 45 mm and Eastern Cape Breton will only see 10 to 20 mm.
Here is our latest rainfall amount forecast for Tomorrow, now this does NOT account for what has already fallen since earlier today, this is additional rainfall amounts. Heaviest rain continues to be in the Yarmouth Inland, Shelburne, Liverpool and Bridgewater area where amounts of another 40 to 75 mm with local amounts of another 100 mm is likely.
Town of Yarmouth and the coast, Digby, Greenwood and up to Kentville and Halifax, Truro another 25 to 50 mm of additional rainfall or 1-2”. Not much rainfall in New Glasgow… and outside of Amherst with locally up to 15 mm expected and Northern portions of the province and Cape Breton, amounts of additional amounts up to 30 mm is expected.
Not only did we have heavy flooding rainfall, but we also had some fairly strong gusty winds! which went just barely the threshold for a wind warning criteria.
Brier Island, Yarmouth & Grand Etang all managed to reach 90 km/h or greater.
Many areas seen Gusts of up to 85 km/h.
The good news is that the strongest winds are now done with!! so all is left is the flooding rain issue. Plan on fairly light winds tomorrow, however over Northern portions of the province we will see gusts of 40 to 60 km/h stick around. Winds will increase across rest of province Wednesday night into Thursday but not as strong as we just seen today. Gusts of 40-60 km/h is as high as it may get.
From Rain & Wind to record warmth!!
For the first day of December, it was quite balmy! we had several areas getting well into the mid and upper 10’s.
Amherst……………. 18* old record: 11.5* in 2005
Truro………………….. 17* old record: 10.2* in 2005
Greenwood……….. 17* old record: 14.6* in 1985
Yarmouth…………… 15* old record: 14.8* in 2006 also broke a record for wettest December 2nd with 68.9 mm, breaking the record back in 1964 with 52.3 mm of rainfall that day that year.
Halifax Airport……. 15* old record: 14.6* in 2008
