OTTAWA – Hurricane Kate has formed in the Atlantic north of Bermuda, but is not expected to impact Atlantic Canada.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the fourth hurricane of the Atlantic season was centred about 420 kilometres north of Bermuda early today and moving northeast at nearly 65 kilometres an hour.
The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds were near 120 kilometres per hour.
Environment Canada says at this point, Kate “will not pose a direct threat to land areas of Atlantic Canada.”
However, the Canadian Hurricane Centre will continue to monitor Kate, as well an unrelated system currently south of Cape Cod that could bring some rain to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Kate and the non-tropical low will likely merge Thursday or Thursday night well south of Newfoundland.
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