ALERT Hurricane Teddy bringing 'life-threatening' rip currents to East Coast, fall set to arrive

packyderms_wife

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Heads up for those of you in the northeast on the coast, I know we have a member here that lives on PEI.



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Hurricane Teddy bringing 'life-threatening' rip currents to East Coast, fall set to arrive
Storm's size is generating dangerous ocean conditions that are reaching the U.S.

Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean has your FoxCast.

The core of Hurricane Teddy is passing east of Bermuda on Monday, but the large storm will have impacts stretching across the East Coast of the U.S.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday that Hurricane Teddy is a Category 2 storm, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and is located about 160 miles southeast of Bermuda, moving north-northeast at 9 mph.

Teddy will pass east of Bermuda throughout the day, with tropical storm conditions already moving over the island.

Teddy will then lose its tropical characteristics as it transitions into a very strong post-tropical system as it races toward Atlantic Canada.

Hurricane Teddy can be seen passing near Bermuda on Sept. 21, 2020.

Hurricane Teddy can be seen passing near Bermuda on Sept. 21, 2020. (NOAA/GOES-East)

The storm will then pass over the Canadian Maritimes from Tuesday night into Wednesday.

Teddy is a large hurricane, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 70 miles of the storm while tropical storm-force winds stretch up to 230 miles.

The forecast track of Hurricane Teddy

The forecast track of Hurricane Teddy (Fox News)

The storm's large size is generating dangerous ocean conditions that are reaching the U.S.

"We are going to see the potential for dangerous life-threatening surf and rip currents all along the East Coast," Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean said on "Fox & Friends."

Life-threatening high surf and rip currents will be very dangerous along the East Coast throughout this week.

The national forecast for Sept. 21, 2020

The national forecast for Sept. 21, 2020 (Fox News)

Gusty winds with some rainfall will also impact eastern Maine as Teddy moves into Canada.

In other weather news, below-average temperatures have once again arrived in parts of the Northeast.

A brisk air mass has resulted in frost and freeze advisories across the Northeast.

A brisk air mass has resulted in frost and freeze advisories across the Northeast. (Fox News)

Freeze and frost advisories are up Monday morning due to this brisk airmass.

Above-normal temperatures will return for the Western U.S. on Monday, with gusty winds bringing fire concerns for parts of the Great Basin.

A look at active wildfires burning across the West on Sept. 21, 2020.

A look at active wildfires burning across the West on Sept. 21, 2020. (Fox News)

Fall officially begins Tuesday morning, with the autumnal equinox at 9:30 a.m. EDT

It will be a warm start to fall across the Central and Northern Plains, with afternoon highs on Tuesday afternoon well into the 80s. The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will be in the 60s and 70s, while Phoenix will be near 102 degrees.
 

SammiP

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Here Teddy, Teddy... lots of empty wells to fill up in the province right now. C'mon Teddy, you can do it! Family is as ready as they can be, with the exception of one cousin who wants to go to the shore and watch. Every family has them! Anyone who isn't ready for a power outage and downed trees from wind and water isn't paying any attention to life!
 

CGTech

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Well, DS is finishing getting the tie downs for the new tarp that will cover the stacked firewood outside, so hopefully that will keep the wood from blowing around too much... ;)

Looks like it may be a couple of interesting days though. I'm in the eastern part of PEI, below.

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The Mountain

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We're going to be out and about tomorrow, so we're going to head out to Gloucester on Cape Ann in the afternoon to watch the 14-foot breakers pounding chips off the rocks. Should be fun.
 

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After close call with Bermuda, Hurricane Teddy to bear down on Canada
By Jake Sojda, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Sep. 20, 2020 12:32 PM
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The 2020 hurricane season has been very active and has similarities to past notable seasons. AccuWeather’s Lincoln Riddle has more on how the 2020 hurricane season compares to 2005.
After its brush with Bermuda on Monday, Hurricane Teddy now has set its sights on Atlantic Canada for the middle of the week.
The storm had weakened considerably to a Category 1 hurricane on Monday afternoon, packing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. However, Teddy regained strength and became a Category 2 hurricane once again on Monday night, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.
Teddy first developed in the central Atlantic on Saturday, Sept. 12. On Friday night, Teddy strengthened into a Category 4 major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Laura is the only other Atlantic storm to achieve major hurricane status so far this season.
According to Colorado State University Meteorologist Phil Klotzbach, the average date for the second major hurricane formation in the Atlantic is Oct. 3.
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Nova Scotia and Newfoundland will feel the brunt of Hurricane Teddy from Tuesday into Wednesday night.
"Teddy will interact with an upper-level storm system moving across eastern Canada early in the week, and become an extratropical storm before making landfall in Nova Scotia Wednesday morning. However, this is really just a technicality, as the impacts will still match those of a hurricane," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty explained.
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The Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued a tropical storm warning for the southern coast of Nova Scotia and a tropical storm watch for the province's northern coast. The watch also extends westward into Prince Edward Island. Tropical storm watches were also issued for portions of the southwestern coast of Newfoundland.
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One of those impressive aspects of Teddy will be its expansive wind field. Wind gusts of 40-60 mph (64-97 km/h) will stretch all the way from the eastern shores of Labrador and Newfoundland, to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The strongest wind gusts, near where the center moves across Nova Scotia, are expected to reach 80-90 mph (129-145 km/h) with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 100 mph (161 km/h).
"Teddy is already a large hurricane. When it undergoes extratropical transition, the wind field will expand even further," Douty explained. "Even the New England coast will be quite gusty for a time, despite the storm being around 300 miles east of Boston at its closest approach."
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Power outages and tree damage could be widespread across Atlantic Canada. While powerful winter storms that can reach hurricane strength are not particularly uncommon across this region, a storm of this strength striking this time of year, when all the leaves are still on the trees, can lead to more damage.
Winds of this magnitude are also capable of some structural damage, especially to any weaker buildings. Loose objects like yard furniture, toys, planters and trash cans can easily become projectiles in the wind.
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Dorian tracked across Atlantic Canada in early September 2019 and brought widespread wind damage to the region including in Nova Scotia. Residents should begin to make appropriate preparations as this appears to be a similar scenario.
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On this track, 2-4 inches (50-100 mm) of rain would be widespread across Nova Scotia, with 1-2 inches (25-50 mm) stretching from eastern New Brunswick to the southeast coast of Labrador. Locally heavier rainfall could fall where the center of the storm tracks, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 6 inches (150 mm).
Heavy rain will also accompany the howling winds across Atlantic Canada. However, heavy rain will be in and out relatively quickly due to the fast-forward motion of the storm.
This can lead to some localized flooding, especially on streets and poor-drainage areas. Most leaves across the region are only just starting to change, but with such strong winds, it's also possible that enough leaves are blown down to clog some storm drains and cause more street flooding in urban areas.

Taking these impacts into consideration, Teddy is forecast to be a 1 on the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes in Atlantic Canada.
In comparison to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which has been used by meteorologists for decades and classifies storms by wind speed only, the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale is based on a broad range of important factors. The scale covers not only wind speed, but flooding rain, storm surge as well as economic damage and loss. This communicates a more comprehensive representation of the potential impact of a storm to lives and livelihoods.
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Meanwhile, Teddy has been kicking up some significant waves as the storm mowed its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Wave heights near Teddy's center of circulation have been in excess of 20 feet and, up and down the shores of the East Coast, wave heights have been in the 5-foot to 7-foot range.
Even with Teddy several hundred miles off the coast, some coastal flooding and beach erosion was already being seen and will continue for the first part of the week along many portions of the East Coast, especially at times of high tide.
"During the weekend, an area of high pressure over the interior Northeast helped to increase northeasterly winds, which enraged seas along the immediate Atlantic coast, well away from Teddy," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
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A graphic showing the extent of wave heights being churned up by Hurricane Teddy as of Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AccuWeather)
According to the NCDOT, portions of Route 12 along the Outer Banks in North Carolina are closed until at least Tuesday afternoon due to overwash. Residents of the Outer Banks have been urged not to travel unless absolutely necessary. Flooding along the Outer Banks could get worse over the next couple of days as surf continues to build and more and more of the protective dunes get worn down or washed away.

Because of the exceptionally rough seas churned up by Teddy, coastal impacts will also be quite expansive. Nova Scotia and the southern coast of Newfoundland will bear the brunt of massive surf and dangerous storm surge.
Wave heights are forecast to reach an incredible 50-75 feet (15-23 meters) Tuesday on the open sea off the coasts of New England and Nova Scotia. This will have a major impact on shipping, as any sea-going vessels that dare to enter this region will face extreme danger.
While the most fearsome seas will remain offshore, coastal areas will still have to be prepared for storm surge and significant wave action.
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"The southern coast of Nova Scotia is no stranger to angry seas, and most of the towns sit in coves protected by rocky cliffs and barrier islands," explained AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist and Lead Canada Forecaster Brett Anderson.
"However, with 30 foot seas even right to the coast and a large storm surge, any locations that are exposed and not sitting well above normal sea level could quickly become very dangerous to anyone caught there once Teddy arrives."
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The entire Eastern Seaboard of the United States will also see rough surf and large swells propagating out from Teddy into midweek. Persistent, gusty onshore flow along much of the East Coast will also add to the angry seas and rising water levels.
"As the area of high pressure weakens, and Teddy moves toward Nova Scotia on Tuesday and Wednesday, wave action along the immediate coast south of the Carolinas will ease, but there can still be occasional large swells that catch bathers and boaters by surprise through the latter part of this week," Sosnowski said.
Teddy joins Beta currently spinning in the Atlantic, as well as Paulette, which regenerated into a tropical storm south of the Azores on Monday night.
With months still left in the Atlantic hurricane season, more Greek letters are likely to be used. Last week, AccuWeather meteorologists upped their 2020 season predictions for the number of total storms to 28, which would tie the record number of named storms in the basin set in the notorious 2005 season.

Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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SammiP

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Rain bands here with gusty wind. It's picking up really slowly, I wonder if Teddy is slowing down as it weakens. Supposed to be worse late evening into overnight.
 

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packyderms_wife

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This is LIVE coverage of Hurricane Teddy as it's approaching Canada. RT will have to be posted when it's no longer live.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3k2t8xjTo&feature=push-lsb&attr_tag=aj3_3KtuF7Kshpyx%3A6

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Subscribe and like the stream to support the channel and our live coverage! Also, be sure to watch our 24/7 automated stream with this link! https://youtu.be/XRKVmb9zEoA Hurricane Teddy nears landfall in Canada today as the storm continues its extra-tropical transition. Teddy has become one of the largest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin, with tropical storm force winds extending over 500 miles from the center of the hurricane. Tropical storm conditions have already arrived onshore in Canada, and are just offshore portions of New England. Teddy is forecast to make landfall in Nova Scotia tomorrow morning as a strong tropical storm strength system, bringing damaging winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge. Life threatening rip currents continue on the coastline of the East Coast as well Please stay up to date with the National Hurricane Center, your local weather office, and local officials for information on your exact location!
 
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