Hurricane Jaun, World in Peril.

Hurricane Jaun

1. The eye of Juan made landfall between 12:10 and 12:20 a.m, Monday, September 29. Between Prospect and Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia and before landfall it was moving 158 km/h. (Based on surface wind reports and radar images from Gore, Nova Scotia, and Mechanic Settlement, New Brunswick). It moved through Timberlea, through Hammonds Plains until it reached Mount Uniacke at 1:00am at speeds of 75kts or 139 km/h. An hour later it hit Bass River at speeds of 70kts or 130 km/h. It moved over Thompson Station and through Port Howe into the Northumberland Staight where it was recorded at 3:00am still a catagory one with speeds of 120 km/h. An hour later it crossed over Prince Edward Island and turned into a tropical storm at 4:00am at 111 km/h.

"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 that 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, Nova Scotia, gusted to 72 km/h, while at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, they gusted to 139 km/h. These locations are 35 to 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"

2. The storm was the strongest at landfall, the areas surrunding Halifax harbour. At landfall it was a catagory 2 storm at 158 km/h. First, the new moon on September 25 meant large tides on September 28. Secondly, the occurrence of the September 28 lunar perigee-the point in the moon's monthly orbit when it is closest to the earth-meant that the spring tides were higher than normal....