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Forecasters issued a tropical storm watch for southeastern Newfoundland Sunday for a weakened Hurricane Ophelia as the Category 2 storm headed northward toward Atlantic Canada.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said mid-Sunday that Ophelia's top sustained winds had dropped somewhat to 77 km/h and it was moving north at 50 km/h.
As of 3:30 p.m. NT, Ophelia was centered about 1,094 kilometres southwest of Cape Race, N.L., and a tropical storm watch was in effect for the Avalon Peninsula.
CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon said residents could expect a period of heavy rain over eastern Newfoundland on Monday morning, likely between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. local time.
The U.S. centre said Ophelia is expected to weaken steadily but still be near hurricane strength when it passes close to the peninsula early Monday.
On Saturday, a spokesman for the Canadian Hurricane Centre said he doesn't expect Ophelia to make a landfall, but there could be torrential rains of up to 100 millimetres as the storm tracks close to southeastern Newfoundland at the start of the work week.
"The largest waves will affect Newfoundland," said Chris Fogarty, program supervisor with the centre, in a teleconference from Dartmouth, N.S.
Calling it a "strong, compact, intense storm," Fogarty said Ophelia could affect the eastern shores of Nova Scotia on Sunday evening before heading north to Newfoundland.
While Fogarty spoke of possible local flooding in Newfoundland, the centre did not issue any official warnings connected to Ophelia.
On Friday, Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry warned those living in "vulnerable areas should be attentive and prepared for possible localized flooding."
Fogarty said Ophelia and a separate storm system were expected to join up on Sunday and by then, the centre will have a better idea of where the storm will be tracking and its force.
Storm warnings on Saturday for Nova Scotia and P.E.I. concerned heavy rainfall, as high as 80 mm, not connected to Ophelia.
Ophelia caused flooding and cut off communities in the island of Dominica in the Caribbean.
With files from The Associated Press Accessibility Links
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