Parts of southern New Brunswick could feel the effects of a tropical storm later this week.
Tropical Depression Six formed off the east coast of the United States late Monday. The storm is expected to intensify and become Tropical Storm Erin on Tuesday.
Jill Maepea, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says we will likely start to see the effects late Thursday or Friday.
“Right now, the greatest impact from the system appears to be some rainfall, which could exceed our warning criteria of 50 millimetres in 24 hours,” said Maepea Tuesday morning.
“It seems that the province is extremely dry in most areas so I think this rainfall might actually be more of a welcome type of thing.”
The latest projected track of Tropical Depression Six, as of 12 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2019. Click on the photo to enlarge it. (Photo: National Hurricane Center)
Maepea says wind should not be a big concern in New Brunswick since the storm is forecast to track off the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia.
But she says a slight change in the storm’s track could impact where the heaviest rain and strongest winds will be.
“Continue to monitor alerts that come out of the Canadian Hurricane Centre and the forecasts that come out of Environment Canada over the next couple of days just to be prepared.”
The tropical system would be the first one to impact Atlantic Canada during this year’s hurricane season.
Maepea says this is the time of year when the Atlantic Ocean typically starts to become more active.
“The tropical season runs from June 1st to November 30th and the peak is expected September 10th throughout the Atlantic,” she said. “Based on our climatological records for hurricanes, we’re sort of on track.”
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