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saw that Ophelia is slowly skimming off the Eastern US coast, meaning that it most likely will do the same over here at the Atlantic coast. It only moves at a speed of 3mph, too. That’s 5 km/h for you North Eastern Europeans. Juan hit NS with a speed of 50 km/h: if I’m not wrong, its eye travelled straight alongside the highway 102, hitting Truro between 12:30 am and 1:00 am. I know because I remember that, fondly, so to say. (Anyways, the weather office has a great Juan Recap site too. I was not even aware of that one). Remind me next time to make audio recordings of the sound of a hurricane.
Right. Here’s an interesting remark made by a Nova Scotian Hurricane Center employee (or researcher): he was almost certain that Ophelia would weaken because of the colder water in the Atlantic. However, he said, (emphasis mine) ‘waters around Nova Scotia have been extremely warmer than normal’. Now that is worrying.
09/15/05: Weather warning in effect for Nova Scotia.