Post-tropical storm Hermine not expected to impact Atlantic Canada
Storm expected to lose power as it moves north
Atlantic Canada is expected to be spared the wrath of post-tropical storm Hermine, according to the Canadian Hurricane Centre.
"It probably won't have any impact for winds and minimal impacts for rain. We should be reasonably safe," said meteorologist Doug Mercer, who is based in Dartmouth, N.S., with the centre.
Mercer said precipitation is expected to be average over the next 10 days while temperatures should be three or four degrees warmer than average.
Hermine walloped Florida and Georgia over the weekend as a Category 1 hurricane, causing flooding and destruction as high winds knocked down trees and damaged homes. Hermine is being blamed for at least three deaths in the United States.
'Weakening significantly'
Mercer said the storm was losing power as it moved off the eastern coast of the United States. It has since been downgraded to a post-tropical storm.
"It's a bit disorganized right now, but it still has 60 knot winds around it."
Mercer said the storm will approach Nova Scotia on Wednesday into Thursday.
"The good news is that it is going to be probably weakening significantly as it comes towards us."
Storm still needs to be monitored
He predicts the storm will only have about 35-knot winds when it moves into the Georges Bank area off Nova Scotia.
The track of the storm places it well south of the province and it should have little impact on the province's coast, said Mercer. But it has been hard to predict which way Hermine will travel, so staff at the hurricane centre are keeping an eye on the storm just in case.
Mercer expects Hermine will continue to weaken or even dissipate completely as it continues to move towards Newfoundland and Labrador.
With files from Information Morning