The Track of Juan through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

This map shows the track of the centre of the eye of Juan as it moved through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. 1-hourly positions of the storm centre along with wind speeds are shown.

The eye of Juan made landfall between 12:10 and 12:20 a.m. ADT, Monday September 29, between Prospect and Peggy's Cove, NS (based on surface wind reports and radar images from Gore, NS, and Mechanic Settlement, NB).

Comparison of the areas of wind damage, radar imagery, and public reports of clear skies and calm winds, indicates that the diameter of the eye was 35-40 km across. The eye diameter decreased rapidly after landfall, as is custom.

Highlights

• The highest winds in a hurricane are in the eastern side of the eyewall; these winds in Juan passed directly over the Halifax Regional Municipality.
• Juan was a category 2 hurricane at landfall.
• The storm centre passed directly over the Confederation Bridge which joins Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick (based on a comparison of the wind reports from the anemometers on the bridge and at Summerside)
• Wind gusts west of the storm track were half the values of those to the right of its track (for example, winds at Amherst, NS, gusted to 72 km/h, while at Charlottetown, PEI, they gusted to 139 km/h: these locations are 35-40 km west/east of the storm track, respectively)
• Juan possibly remained at marginal hurricane strength as it crossed the Northumberland Strait around 3 a.m. ADT

This map is still preliminary as we are continuing to investigate the track.

Additional Track Maps

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