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Hurricane Patricia blew itself out days ago, but the moisture and low pressure it left behind will bring heavy rain to Ottawa Wednesday and Thursday.
Environment Canada says rainfall could reach 25 to 40 millimetres in many areas and possibly 50 mm in a few areas.
On Tuesday morning, a broad band of rain stretched from eastern Oklahoma to the Atlantic Ocean. It was bounded on the north by Ohio, and in the south by Georgia and Alabama, with a smaller area in Florida.
The storm isn’t dumping torrential rain any longer, but it is steady.
Environment Canada had this to say:
“A low pressure area over Louisiana containing moisture from the remnants of hurricane Patricia is starting to move northward towards the Great Lakes. This low is expected to intensify into a fairly strong fall storm as it reaches the Great Lakes, bringing a significant rainfall along with strong and gusty winds over the next couple of days.
“A large shield of rain associated with this storm is forecast to spread into Southwestern Ontario (Tuesday night) and reach the Golden Horseshoe area by Wednesday morning. The rain will continue to March steadily into Central and Eastern Ontario through the day on Wednesday. The rain will likely become heavy at times as the low pressure area deepens. Latest indications continue to suggest 25 to 40 mm of rain in most areas. Locally higher amounts of 40 to 50 mm are possible, especially near lakes Erie and Ontario.
“A clap or two of thunder is quite possible over a few locales, along with rainfall approaching Environment Canada’s rainfall warning criterion of 50 mm within 24 hours.
“Additionally, strong and gusty southwesterly winds are forecast to develop on Wednesday over Southwestern Ontario then on Wednesday night over remaining parts of Southern Ontario. Wind gusts to 70 km/h are likely in most areas. Even stronger winds are quite possible near the eastern ends of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, where wind gusts may approach the warning threshold of 90 km/h.
“These winds may be strong enough to cause some tree damage and local power outages, especially in areas where trees remain in partial to full leaf.
“The rain and strong winds will end by Friday as the fall storm moves away into Northern Quebec.”
At least we won’t get the kind of rain that the southern United States received.
The eastern side of Texas was deluged Saturday and Sunday with many areas receiving more than 300 millimetres of rain from Patricia’s enormous clouds. There was local flooding in streets, but not widespread damage.
tspears@ottawacitizen.com
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Environment Canada says rainfall could reach 25 to 40 millimetres in many areas and possibly 50 mm in a few areas.
On Tuesday morning, a broad band of rain stretched from eastern Oklahoma to the Atlantic Ocean. It was bounded on the north by Ohio, and in the south by Georgia and Alabama, with a smaller area in Florida.
The storm isn’t dumping torrential rain any longer, but it is steady.
Environment Canada had this to say:
“A low pressure area over Louisiana containing moisture from the remnants of hurricane Patricia is starting to move northward towards the Great Lakes. This low is expected to intensify into a fairly strong fall storm as it reaches the Great Lakes, bringing a significant rainfall along with strong and gusty winds over the next couple of days.
“A large shield of rain associated with this storm is forecast to spread into Southwestern Ontario (Tuesday night) and reach the Golden Horseshoe area by Wednesday morning. The rain will continue to March steadily into Central and Eastern Ontario through the day on Wednesday. The rain will likely become heavy at times as the low pressure area deepens. Latest indications continue to suggest 25 to 40 mm of rain in most areas. Locally higher amounts of 40 to 50 mm are possible, especially near lakes Erie and Ontario.
“A clap or two of thunder is quite possible over a few locales, along with rainfall approaching Environment Canada’s rainfall warning criterion of 50 mm within 24 hours.
“Additionally, strong and gusty southwesterly winds are forecast to develop on Wednesday over Southwestern Ontario then on Wednesday night over remaining parts of Southern Ontario. Wind gusts to 70 km/h are likely in most areas. Even stronger winds are quite possible near the eastern ends of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, where wind gusts may approach the warning threshold of 90 km/h.
“These winds may be strong enough to cause some tree damage and local power outages, especially in areas where trees remain in partial to full leaf.
“The rain and strong winds will end by Friday as the fall storm moves away into Northern Quebec.”
At least we won’t get the kind of rain that the southern United States received.
The eastern side of Texas was deluged Saturday and Sunday with many areas receiving more than 300 millimetres of rain from Patricia’s enormous clouds. There was local flooding in streets, but not widespread damage.
tspears@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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