FOG BLOG WEATHER LOG: NOVA SCOTIA STORE SHELVES STRIPPED AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE WRATH OF FIONA!

Fiona will lash parts of Canada as region’s strongest storm on record Parts of Atlantic Canada are bracing for hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and a dangerous storm surge Canada’s Atlantic provinces are bracing for the strongest storm they have experienced on record as Hurricane Fiona barrels through the North Atlantic, set to hit the area Friday night into Saturday.

The storm, which unleashed devastating rains earlier this week in Puerto Rico, is expected to deliver wind gusts over 100 mph in parts of Nova Scotia and generate a dangerous ocean surge, or rise in water above normally dry land. Ahead of Fiona, the Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued a hurricane watch for portions of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Iles-de-la-Madeleine and Newfoundland.

“Hurricane Fiona has the potential to be a landmark weather event in Eastern Canada this weekend,” the Centre tweeted.

Fiona is one of five different systems that meteorologists are carefully tracking in the Atlantic, which has roared to life amid the peak of hurricane season. There’s also Tropical Storm Gaston, which is centered 375 miles west-northwest of the Azores over the northeast Atlantic. The Azores are under tropical storm warnings, and could see conditions deteriorate Friday and remain inclement through late Saturday. In addition, a tropical wave exiting the coast of Senegal in Africa could strengthen into a named storm in the next few days. There is also a disturbance midway between Africa and South America that could gradually develop. Of potentially high concern is another fledgling storm that could deliver a serious blow to the Gulf or Caribbean.