storm Fiona affects in Maine, Canadian Maritimes - NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ

The latest forecast calls for the strongest storm in heritage to hit the Canadian Maritimes.

PORTLAND, Maine — what is "bombogenesis?"

in keeping with the country wide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it be a "midlatitude cyclone that abruptly intensifies, shedding at the least 24 mb in 24 hours."it's what you see beneath with the isobars tightly wrapped subsequent to every different. An followed imply sea stage power of 930 mb or lessen would effectively be the strongest Atlantic extratropical storm on record. 

The most effective respectable news for Mainers is the wind from Fiona will be in the main just to the east as seen beneath with the vivid colors over Nova Scotia. they're going to get a right away hit and it could be devastating. Northern New England might be spared from the worst of the storm. 

youngsters, bombogenesis is precisely what typhoon Fiona will do when it transitions from an important storm into an extratropical cyclone Friday into Saturday. the warm core of the tropical cyclone will interact with a trough within the ambiance. with ease put, the bloodless air in the upper level trough in the back of the cold entrance will collide with the warm air of the hurricane within the Atlantic Ocean. 

As Fiona turns into a chilly core system, its wind box will extend. That capacity jap Maine has the skills for tropical storm winds Friday night into Saturday.

The decent news is all computing device model tracks take Fiona east of Halifax.

The professional forecast from the countrywide storm center has Fiona conserving category "foremost" repute southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Friday nighttime and making landfall on the eastern tip through Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

Get able: Wind gusts as much as 50 mph deliver vigor outage hazard for ingredients of Maine.

The tight gradient created by Fiona and high power to our west will create energy outage harmful wind gusts for the foothills, mountains, and Down East Maine on Saturday.

Surf's up: five- to 10-foot waves from a few hundred miles offshore "Cat three" Fiona will crash Maine beaches this weekend. 

right here is the latest forecast from the NWS for Saturday: 

The countrywide weather provider has issued a Gale look ahead to Friday afternoon into Saturday afternoon for Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM- Penobscot Bay- Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM-Casco Bay- Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM. The respectable forecast requires 6 to 9 foot waves with wind gusts as much as forty kt on Friday and Saturday. 

Will you be going to the shores to peep the huge waves? 

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- Meteorologist Jason Nappi 

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