Final Posting on Bill,

No Longer a Hurricane

24 August 2009

At 5:03 a.m., the Weather Channel reported:  "Hurricane Bill made its closest pass to Bermuda early on Saturday and passed well southeast of Cape Cod and Nantucket early Sunday. Sunday afternoon, Bill skirted the south coast of Nova Scotia, eventually making landfall along the southern coast of Newfoundland early Monday morning (Newfoundland time) along the Burin Peninsula. Bill has since lost tropical characteristics, but remains a powerful tropical storm strength low in the North Atlantic.

As of 5 a.m. EDT Monday, Tropical Storm Bill was located about 190 miles northeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

The battering waves that have impacted parts of the U.S. East Coast continue to subside, but dangerous rip currents are still possible all along the East Coast into Monday. The greatest risk of rip currents on Monday from Bill's residual swells will be along portions of the New England Coast as well as North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Maximum winds are at 70 mph. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 315 miles from the center (mainly to the east).

For southeast New England, Bill's rain and wind impacts were fairly minimal. A band of rain from Bill brought some locations 2 to 4". The highest wind gusts reported were 33 mph in Nantucket, 22 mph in Chatham, and 25 mph in Provincetown.

Strong gusty winds and heavy rain are impacting parts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Rain totals of 3 to 5 inches are possible. Winds gusted to 77 mph on Sable Island and to 82 mph at Cape Race. Winds will continue to subside across Newfoundland as Bill moves away.

ATLANTIC

A tropical wave is interacting with an upper level low about 450 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible over the next couple of days, and will continue to be monitored."

For more maps and projections on this storm, see the NOAA National Hurricane Center.