So, Noel Became A Hurricane After All

And caused problems for the Canadians:

POST-TROPICAL STORM NOEL FINAL INFORMATION STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6.00 PM AST SUNDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2007.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST BULLETIN ISSUED ON POST-TROPICAL STORM NOEL.

POST-TROPICAL STORM NOEL IS NOW COMPLETELY EXTRATROPICAL AND AS A RESULT CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE BULLETINS ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM CAN BE FOUND IN REGULAR BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE QUEBEC AND ATLANTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTRES AND THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WEATHER OFFICE.

SYNOPTIC SUMMARY OF THE STORM...
LATE ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 27 A PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE CENTRE ABOUT 200 KM SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HAITI BECAME TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHILE STILL WELL SOUTH OF HAITI THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION BECAME TROPICAL STORM NOEL.. THE 14TH NAMED STORM OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON.

OVER THE FOLLOWING DAYS NOEL TRACKED ERATICALLY THROUGH HAITI CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS... NEVER REACHING MUCH MORE THAN 90 KM/H IN SUSTAINED WINDS. HOWEVER TORRENTIAL RAINS OF MORE THAN 500 MM IN SOME CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES CLAIMED MORE THAN 100 LIVES IN FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES.

ONCE NOEL CLEARED THE BAHAMAS IT INTENSIFIED QUICKLY TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE LATE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1. SUBSEQUENTLY HURRICANE NOEL CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF NEAR 140 KM/H. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER BECOMING A HURRICANE NOEL BEGAN TRANSITIONING TO A POST-TROPICAL STORM. DURING THIS TRANSITION IT BECAME A VERY LARGE AND POWERFUL POST-TROPICAL STORM. THE STORM CENTRE REACHED THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4 STILL CARRYING MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 140 KM/H. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE STORM WAS OVER LABRADOR AND FULLY EXTRATROPICAL IN NATURE.

WEATHER IN EASTERN CANADA...
GALES MOVED INTO SOUTHWESTERN MARITIME WATERS NEAR DAWN SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3 WHILE THE STORM CENTRE WAS STILL 1100 KM SOUTHWEST OF NOVA SCOTIA. STRONG WINDS AND RAIN MOVED INTO SOUTHWESTERN MARITIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PUSHED STEADILY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH EASTERN CANADA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SNOW DEVELOPED WITH THE SYSTEM IN NORTHWESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK SOUTHEASTERN QUEBEC AND LABRADOR.

IMPACTS...
THE WORST HIT PROVINCE WAS NOVA SCOTIA WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.. LOCALIZED FLOODING.. UPROOTED TREES.. ROAD WASHOUTS.. AND SOME INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.