WWCN16 CWNT 080317
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 10:17 PM EST TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 2014.
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WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE QIKIQTAALUK AREA OF NUNAVUT...

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR:
      IQALUIT
      KIMMIRUT
      CAPE DORSET
      PANGNIRTUNG
      QIKIQTARJUAQ
      CLYDE RIVER
      HALL BEACH.

      POWERFUL STORM AFFECTING BAFFIN ISLAND.  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
      SPREADING NORTHWARD.  SEVERE WIND GUSTS OF 110-140 KM/H AND
      POSSIBLY HIGHER FOR IQALUIT, PANGNIRTUNG, KIMMIRUT, CAPE DORSET
      AND CLYDE RIVER.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR:
      IGLOOLIK.

      WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR MINUS 56 TONIGHT.

      THIS IS A WARNING THAT EXTREME WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE
      IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS.  MONITOR WEATHER
      CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.

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==DISCUSSION==
9 PM UPDATE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPED
PRETTY MUCH ON SCHEDULE TODAY.  IQALUIT REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS UP
TO 110 KM/H WITH GUSTS JUST OVER 140 KM/H.  THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS
OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT TOWN.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ON GOING AT CAPE DORSET AND KIMMIRUT
SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING.  WINDS ARE NOW PICKING UP AT PANGNIRTUNG
AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THERE EARLY THIS
EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 140 KM/H LIKELY TONIGHT.  RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN
BAFFIN ISLAND INCLUDING IQALUIT...CAPE DORSET...KIMMIRUT...AND
PANGNIRTUNG SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A VERY VIOLENT BLIZZARD TONIGHT...
WITH DAMAGING NORTHEASTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 140 KM/H AND ZERO
VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

THE FORECAST TRACK OF THE LOW IS SUCH THAT IN KIMMIRUT THE BLIZZARD
WILL PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING THEN SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.  THE CENTER OF
THE STORM IS FORECAST TO PASS RIGHT OVER IQALUIT OVERNIGHT.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT OVERNIGHT IN
IQALUIT AS THE STORM MOVES DIRECTLY OVERHEAD, WITH A SUBSEQUENT
IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY EXPECTED.  AS OF 9 PM WITH WINDS IN IQALUIT
STILL OVER 80 KM/H, VISIBILITY HAS IMPROVED AND WILL CONTINUE ON THIS
TREND.  HOWEVER, POWERFUL SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP EARLY IN THE
MORNING AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES OFF...SO BEWARE OF THE
OVERNIGHT LULL IN THE ACTION.  THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WINDS FROM THE
SOUTHEAST WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE NORTHEAST WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON, AND WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH TOWARDS NOON.

THE WORST IS YET TO COME FOR PANGNIRTUNG.  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO
140 KM/H ALONG WITH NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT AS THE FULL BRUNT OF THIS SYSTEM IS BROUGHT TO BEAR.
WINDS SHOULD RAPIDLY DIMINISH AND THE BLIZZARD END WEDNESDAY MORNING.

CAPE DORSET WILL ALSO SEE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VIOLENT WIND GUSTS
TO 110 KM/H TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
THERE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

QIKIQTARJUAQ WILL GET OFF RELATIVELY LIGHTLY, WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TONIGHT ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS
TO 70 KM/H.

CLYDE RIVER WILL SEE THE BLIZZARD DEVELOP OVERNIGHT, WITH THE BRUNT
OF THE STORM HITTING WEDNESDAY, WITH GUSTS TO 110 KM/H ANTICIPATED.
THE BLIZZARD IN CLYDE RIVER SHOULD END EARLY THURSDAY.

IN HALL BEACH, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS TO 80 KM/H AND WIND
CHILL VALUES NEAR -60 ARE ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.  THE BLIZZARD SHOULD
END WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THIS STORM'S PEAK GUST OF 141 KM/H HAS SURPASSED THE FEBRUARY 4-5
2007 STORM THAT PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 135 KM/H AND CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IN TOWN, INCLUDING SEVERE ROOF DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL BUILDINGS.  THE POWERFUL WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW
WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH FREQUENT NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES.

FINALLY...ALTHOUGH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT
IGLOOLIK...WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR MINUS 56 ARE EXPECTED THERE TONIGHT
ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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