Despite a few amateur Facebook weather pages telling Nova Scotians a tropical cyclone that may reach category 1 hurricane status is tracking for our coast, one is not.
The National Hurricane Center has said that the talked about system is non-tropical and will not form a tropical cyclone.
Bob Robichaud, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Canadian Hurricane Centre says the system is so small most people in Nova Scotia won’t even notice that it’s here.
“It is a very tight circulation, no doubt about it, but it’s all tied to a non-tropical system.” said Robichaud. “There are nowhere near enough tropical characteristics to name this as a tropical system.”
A non-tropical low about 300 miles north of Bermuda is producing storm-force winds. Although the system is producing some thunderstorms, it is embedded in a cold air mass with nearby fronts. Please see products issued by the National Weather Service https://t.co/xgluseCX6H pic.twitter.com/7yi7lPnqYj
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) January 16, 2023
As for what Nova Scotia can expect when the system moves in will be some gusty winds during mid-day Tuesday over south-eastern Cape Breton. Nova Scotia has seen higher gusts in the steady winds over the last three days. It is believed this system will stay below warning criteria.