In an update early Wednesday morning, Environment Canada said Fiona is now expected to affect the East Coast on Friday as it transforms into a strong post-tropical storm. The weather service said there were signs of a deep hybrid low pressure system, which has both tropical and severe winter storm qualities. Fiona could bring very heavy rainfall and strong winds. But Canadian Hurricane Center meteorologist Ian Hubbard said regardless of whether it’s classified as a post-tropical storm or a hurricane, “we’re still going to see very significant impacts from this.” Environment Canada says the cone of uncertainty with Hurricane Fiona is getting narrower as it continues to track north. Environment Canada “There’s going to be a lot of energy, a lot of rain and a lot of wind associated with it, regardless of what the category of the storm is at the time,” he said. Story continues below ad “Even if you hear later in the week that it’s no longer a hurricane, it doesn’t mean things are gone and we’re out of the water.”

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Hubbard said Hurricane Fiona had strengthened to a Category 4 on Wednesday and was currently about 1,100 kilometers southwest of Bermuda. “(Fiona) is expected to remain in an area in the atmosphere and over the ocean that will help keep it very strong over the next 24 hours,” he said. Trending Stories

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Current forecast

The range of uncertainty narrowed to about 600 to 700 kilometers on Wednesday, centered on Cape Breton, “with a broad coverage of hurricane-force winds, including land,” the Environment Canada update said. According to Hubbard, Fiona’s effects will not be limited near the center of the track, but are expected to “be widespread and we will see significant rain and wind over a larger area, parts of eastern Nova Scotia, PEI and southwestern Newfoundland.” . Nova Scotia and PEI are expected to see showers during the day on Friday, although Hubbard said it won’t be from Fiona. Later Friday, “Fiona will begin to interact with that trough and that’s when the main rain from the hurricane will move up and reach parts of the Maritimes,” he said, adding that winds will also pick up late Friday. Story continues below ad “Friday night and Saturday morning (look like) is when we’ll see the strongest winds from this storm, at this point, and then maybe a little bit lingering later into Saturday night.” Some storms and flooding are also expected in coastal areas. Newfoundland is not expected to see as much rain from Fiona, but will certainly see “very gusty and potentially damaging winds.” Hubbard added that now is a good time for Atlantic Canadians to start preparing for Fiona’s arrival. “There is no escaping the impact of this. rain and wind will happen, they will be significant.” He recommended having an emergency kit and carrying outdoor furniture.

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A new update on Fiona from Environment Canada will be released Wednesday at 3 p.m. AT. The agency expects to have more details on rainfall, waves and storm surge. The Canadian Hurricane Center has been monitoring Hurricane Fiona since Sunday. It has already caused widespread damage in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Story continues below ad Forecasters said the storm would cause massive flooding and threatened to drop “historic” levels of rain, with up to 76cm possible in some areas. A state of emergency was declared in the US territory as the eye of the storm approached the island. According to the US National Hurricane Center, Fiona’s center is forecast to pass near Grand Turk and the other eastern Turks and Caicos during the day. © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.