Not much expected from Henri as it passes south of Nova Scotia

After travelling over land and cooler waters, the system isn’t expected to have much strength left when it comes our way

HALIFAXtoday \ Meghan Groff

After making landfall in Rhode Island and bringing significant rainfall to the northeast U.S., the remnants of Henri are expected to brush past our province, passing just south of Nova Scotia Tuesday.

However, after travelling over land and cooler waters, the system isn’t expected to have much strength left when it comes our way.

“By the time it’s going to be passing south of Nova Scotia, it’s only going to only be seeing maximum sustained winds of about 45 km/h,” the Canadian Hurricane Centre’s Ian Hubbard told HalifaxToday.ca early Monday afternoon.

“We’re not expecting any significant winds with this over Nova Scotia.”

Hubbard said we will showers and heavy downpours, but not enough to trigger a rainfall warning.

“Parts of southwestern and coastal Nova Scotia could see up to 35 mm locally in some of those heavier showers that may develop,” he explained.

“Rain should start later this evening and the heavier showers, it’s kind of hard to pinpoint exactly when they’ll occur but they could be happening intermittently overnight.”

There are also no storm surge warnings in effect along the coast.

The 2021 hurricane season has produced eight named storms and the peak month of September is approaching.

Hubbard said so far, we’ve been able to avoid major impacts, but it’s always a good idea to be prepared and closely watch the forecast this time of year.