| Event (front/hurricane) total rainfalls from official and other sources: -------------------------------------------------------- St. Lawrence 238 mm Bonavista 200+ mm (* see note below) Lethbridge (private station) 194 mm St. Pierre/Miquelon 160 mm Pouch Cove 142 mm (ham radio network) St. John's west 134 mm Bay d'Espoir (generator stn) 124 mm Gander (airport) 124 mm St. John's (airport) 120 mm Cape Race 54 mm (** see note below) Burgeo 41 mm 100 mm = 4 inches, 200 mm = 8 inches * stopped reporting rainfall amounts at 1:30PM Tuesday however significant rainfall still occurred for several hours after based on radar and citizen reports. ** did not report between 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM on Tuesday as igor was moving away. -> other private stations that were within the heaviest rainfall Zone have not yet come in with their total amounts - they include brownsdale and port union in the Trinity bay area east of Bonavista. Peak wind speeds from official and other sources: -------------------------------------------------------- Cape pine 172 km/h * (122+ km/h sustained) Sagona Island 163 km/h (113 km/h sustained) *** Bonavista 155 km/h (122 km/h sustained) *** Pouch Cove 147 km/h ** Pool's Island 146 km/h (104 km/h sustained) *** St. John's (airport) 137 km/h (92 km/h sustained) Grate's cove 135 km/h St. Pierre 135 km/h (91 km/h sustained) Argentia 132 km/h Twillingate 131 km/h St. Lawrence 124 km/h St. John's west 117 km/h Winterland 111 km/h Englee 111 km/h Gander 109 km/h Cape Race 106 km/h Burgeo 100 km/h Stephenville 98 km/h Port aux Basques 95 km/h St. Anthony 81 km/h * private station southwest of trepassey on Southern Avalon. ** ham radio network *** sustained wind is the average wind speed over a 10 minute period. -> category-1 hurricane force wind is 118 km/h, category-2 is 155 km/h and category-3 is 178 km/h. -> Cape Race data not yet known since the station went offline During the period of extreme winds. Marine/buoy data: Buoy wind gust sig/pk wave lowest pressure -------------------------------------------------------- 44139 138 km/h 9/17 m * 970 MB 44251 135 km/h 8/16 m 952 MB 44138 123 km/h 13/25 m 957 MB 44140 98 km/h 13/21 m 976 MB 44255 90 km/h 4/7 m 985 MB -> wave units are in meters. 'sig wave' basically represents the average wave height and 'pk wave' represents the maximum wave height. -> unit of pressure (MB = millibar) used commonly in meteorology. * data record from this buoy actually indicates a Max of 28 m which will require further analysis to verify. -> a storm surge of 70 to 100 cm was predicted and observed from Bonavista southward to Argentia around the Avalon Peninsula. ----------------- So two hurricanes to hit Canada this year now... although Igor wasnt a direct hit. Full text can be found here: ... they tend |