Earl Nova Scotia bound

Montreal remains sandwiched between an achingly slow cold front over Ontario and the western edge of the cloud shield from Earl to the southeast. This afternoon the spiral bands of clouds crossing the island of Montreal form the southeast were just a small reminder of what is lurking just off the east coast. At 8pm tonight Earl had 75mph winds and was about 155 miles south southwest of Nantucket. Warnings for tropical storm force winds are in effect for portions of the New Brunswick coast as well as most of Nova Scotia. Heavy rain and wind warnings are also in effect for the Lower North Shore of Quebec as well as the Gaspe region. Winds across Eastern Quebec and Atlantic Canada will be gusting between 70-100km/h. Rainfall across the region will be in the 30-40mm range. Earl is moving faster now at 23mph and should arrive in Nova Scotia by Saturday morning. As Earl becomes extra tropical and the wind field begins to spread out, winds will increase in the St. Lawrence Valley as far southwest as Montreal and gust 40-60km/h Saturday. There is a risk of showers as far west as Vermont and the Townships but that should be about it for Earl locally.

I found a few more pictures of damage, these from the Virginia Pilot, including the one above of the Sandbar Restaurant in Buxton. On our last day in Hatteras during the month of May we had supper there, sitting at the table on the left. The restaurant is right on Pamlico Sound and no doubt bore the brunt of the 80mph winds that blew across Hatteras last night. The image on the right is NC 12 in Buxton, not far from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The flood waters you see are actually from the soundside of the island.