WOCN31 CWHX 221200 POST-TROPICAL STORM BERYL INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9.30 AM NDT SATURDAY 22 JULY 2006. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3.30 PM NDT ...RAIN FROM POST-TROPICAL STORM BERYL RACING ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND... ...A BRIEF STORM SUMMARY FOR THE MARITIME PROVINCES APPEARS AT THE END OF THIS BULLETIN...A MORE COMPLETE SUMMARY IS AVAILABLE UNDER HEADERS AWCN11/14/15 CWHX ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING... 1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION AT 9.30 AM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 48.7 N AND LONGITUDE 57.0 W... ABOUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES OR 115 KM EAST OF STEPHENVILLE . MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 35 KNOTS... 65 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 1003 MB. BERYL IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 24 KNOTS... 44 KM/H. 2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH DATE TIME LAT LON MSLP MAX WIND NDT MB KTS KMH JUL 22 9.30 AM 48.7N 57.0W 1003 35 65 POST-TROPICAL JUL 22 3.30 PM 49.6N 53.6W 1004 35 65 POST-TROPICAL JUL 22 9.30 PM 50.1N 50.1W 1004 35 65 POST-TROPICAL JUL 23 3.30 AM 49.9N 46.8W 1004 30 56 POST-TROPICAL JUL 23 9.30 AM 49.4N 44.0W 1004 30 56 POST-TROPICAL 3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY DESPITE BERYL HAVING UNDERGONE EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION A LONG TIME AGO..A HEAVY BAND OF RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND THIS MORNING BRINGING A BRIEF PERIOD OF INTENSE RAINFALL. THIS BAND DROPPED 15 TO 20 MM IN AN HOUR AT PORT AUX BASQUES AND BURGEO. NO RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE THE BAND WILL MOVE THROUGH RATHER QUICKLY. WINDS ARE BECOMING GUSTY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND THIS MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. GUSTS ARE UP TO GALE FORCE OR 65 KM/H AT ST LAWRENCE AS OF 9 AM. MODERATELY ROUGH SURF WILL BUILD ALONG THE SOUTHERN COASTS OF THE ISLAND TODAY. 4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY MARGINAL GALE FORCE WINDS ARE BEING CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW. SEAS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 METRES ARE FORECAST ALONG THE SOUTH COASTAL WATERS TODAY. 5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION A. ANALYSIS AS MENTIONED ABOVE..SOME OF THE ORIGINAL STORM CORE REMAINS WITH A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE DOWNSHEAR (FRONT) SECTOR OF THE LOW. RADAR INDICATES A HINT OF A CIRCULATION CENTRE OF VERY LOW DBZ RETURNS. B. PROGNOSTIC THIS HEAVY AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE QUITE QUICKLY ACROSS THE ISLAND THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE FAST MOTION SHOULD KEEP THE RAINFALL TOTALS LESS THAN THOSE EXPERIENCED IN THE MARITIMES. THE MAIN AREA OF RAIN COULD BE MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF GANDER BY MID MORNING. C. PUBLIC WEATHER STORM SUMMARY FOR THE MARITIMES: TROPICAL STORM BERYL BECAME EXTRATROPICAL (OR POST-TROPICAL) BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL AROUND 18Z JULY 21 NEAR YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA. THE STORM THEN TRACKED ALONG THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY..OVER TRURO..THEN EASTERN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE EXPERIENCED OVER MOST OF MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA..SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK..PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NORTHERN CAPE BRETON ISLAND. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 KM/H WERE EXPERIENCED SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF THE STORM. SOME ISOLATED COASTAL AREAS REPORTED GUSTS NEAR 90 KM/H GREATEST RAINFALLS WERE RECORDED OVER WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA FROM YARMOUTH AND UP THROUGH THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY ALONG THE STORM TRACK. THE MOST RAINFALL WAS RECORDED IN THE CAPE SPLIT AREA WITH 71 MM AT SCOTT'S BAY. IN THESE AREAS THERE WERE OVER 25 MM OF RAIN FALLING IN ONE HOUR DURING THE WORST OF THE STORM. IN THE HALIFAX AREA WINDS GUSTED TO NEAR 80 KM/H CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES WITH THE BREAKING OF SMALL TREE BRANCHES. D. MARINE WEATHER NO WIND RADII INCLUDED DUE TO THE NON-TROPICAL NATURE OF THE WIND FIELD. END FOGARTY/CAMPBELL