After becoming a large and powerful Category 3 hurricane over the central Atlantic a week ago, Larry slammed ashore on Newfoundland’s SE coast early Saturday morning, September 11th.
While weakening over cooler waters of the Northwest Atlantic and in a more hostile atmospheric environment, Larry still held onto full tropical characteristics as he slammed ashore near South East Bight as a Cat 1 80 mph hurricane.
At Larry’s peak he packed sustained winds of 125 mph and a pressure of 955mb.
Here’s Larry’s track. A classic long track, Africa origin re-curving storm which circled the mid-Atlantic ridge.
Larry sure packed a punch producing a top wind gust of 113 mph at Cape St Mary’s while St John’s endured damaging gusts of up to 89 mph.
113 mph Cape St Mary's! 89 mph #StJohns #HurricaneLarry https://t.co/R9bvk6tjGj
— MarkVoganWeather.com (@MarkVogan) September 11, 2021
Larry was downgraded and began transitioning into extra-tropical as it crossed Newfoundland’s eastern side.
The last time a hurricane made landfall in Newfoundland was Igor in 2010.
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