POST TROPICAL STORM LESLIE WRAP
September 14, 2012 2:49 PM
Better late than never... here is the final breakdown on Post Tropical Storm Leslie.
After stalling for days and days South of Bermuda, Leslie finally began her track Northward when a frontal trough began to move off of the Eastern Seaboard on the 8th/9th/10th. That trough helped pull Leslie Northward into Atlantic Canada and also tapped into Leslie's moisture. As a result the trough dropped huge amounts of Rain over the Maritimes and then Western Newfoundland. The 2 systems continued to merge Monday into Tuesday as the Storm rolled into Newfoundland. Have another look with the Satellite/Radar below.
Again, Leslie made landall on Tuesday morning, around 8:30 am near Fortune as a Category 1 Hurricane strength, Post Tropical Storm. The storm departed the Island near Deadman's Bay around 12:30 pm.
Here are the final numbers from the Storm & trough combination.
WINDS (in km/h)
COMPLETE LIST (in km/h)
Cape Pine 137
St. John's YYT 133
Bell Island 132
Bonavista 124
Long Pond 124
Argentia 120
Paradise 119
Caplin Cove 116
Cape Race 115
St. Pierre 109
Sagona Island 109
Portugal Cove 108
St. John's West 107
Twillingate 106
Ochre Pit 101
Pool's Island 93
Gander 85
Burgeo 76
Englee 67
St. Anthony 61
Stephenville 54
Like with Igor, Bannerman Park was hit hard again by Leslie. Photo by Paul Daly.
RAINFALL TOTALS (in mm)
COMPLETE LIST (in mm)
Cow Head 116
Humber River (Black Brook) 116
Granite Lake 93
Englee 80
Grand Lake 78
Stephenville 77
Burgeo Road 77
Burnt Pond 76
Hinds Lake 74
Upper Humber 72
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Adies Lake 67
Corner Brook 65
Daniel's Harbour 64
Cormack 64
Corner Brook 63
Badger 62
Sops Arm 62
Winterland 55
Gander 50
Bay D'Espoir 50
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Twillingate 49
Humber River (Humber Village)49
St. Lawrence 46
Deer Lake 43
Sandy Lake 42
Burgeo 41
Rocky Harbour 39
Terra Nova 29
Petley (Random Island) 24
Argentia 21
Ferolle Point 20
St. John's Airport 7
You can read the final Canadian Hurricane Centre Statement on Leslie here. Note, some of the numbers in the CHC final update are not as up to date as the numbers listed above.
Ryan