Hurricane Fiona has the potential to be a landmark weather event in Eastern Canada this weekend, and we encourage the public to continue to monitor the forecasts regularly.
The lowest pressure storm ever recorded in Nova Scotia was 951 mb and the lowest in Canada was recorded at 940 mb. All reliable weather models show a number well below those when Fiona makes landfall.
Even for a region used to bad weather, this forecast is off the charts bad. Fiona will likely be a generational storm for Nova Scotia. pic.twitter.com/ajqAwPwOiW
“It’s likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime type of storm.” says Craig CeeCee, Meteorologist and instructor at Mississippi State University.
2/2 "Fiona" predicted into E NS Sat. The "perfect" interaction with the front (like Sandy in NYC 2012) could be a once in a lifetime event in the Maritimes: prepare for extended outages (transmission at risk), freshwater & coastal flooding, washouts (see pics) Take EMO advice! pic.twitter.com/7NtX4rtjxU
The provincial Emergency Management Office reminds Nova Scotians to minimize the risk of property damage and personal injury by being prepared for potentially severe weather this weekend.
I don't exaggerate or hype for clicks so it's not often that I say I'm very concerned… but Fiona is quite concerning for southeast Canada, particularly eastern Nova Scotia.
Fiona will become a powerful, slow moving post-tropical cyclone with damaging winds & storm surge. pic.twitter.com/AN33og1qMq
