Groundhog Day Storm To Bring Tropical Storm Force Like Winds of Up to 115 km/h, and Possibly Hurricane-Force Like Winds to Western Cape Breton Reaching Up to 130 km/h or Higher.

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Issued: January 29th, 2021 @ 5:45 AM

Updated: January 30th, 2021 @ 6 AM

Forecaster: James Follette

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High winds are very likely expected for Groundhogs Day from a very large and powerful storm system.

A large portion of the province will see lot’s of winds over 80 km/h, especially over Cape Breton, Northern and southern parts of the province have the best shot at gusts over 100 km/h and 130 km/h over extreme parts of the province, lighter winds but still strong and Gusty up to 80 km/h.