notice even north of the island here, significant wave heights. talk about a mariner hazard but you know officials who have guided boats and ships across these regions come away from the passive the storm system but eventually it does end up across portions of the canadian maritimes. even retaining the category three status, briefly, across northern latitudes. with, notice this. around parts of halifax, points east of halifax, we re talking 100 mile-per-hour wind possible at landfall by early saturday morning across the region. it eludes tropical characteristics when you look at storms that have had such a magnitude with wind exceeding 100 miles per hour in some cases, only four of them have done this since the year 2000, so incredible to see a storm of work its way this far to the north, maintaining intensity. folks in bermuda looking like they were spared the brunt of the system, but parts of nova scotia that only get a strong wind and can significant surge but maybe some snow shower
right now president biden is being briefed on hurricane fiona and the ongoing relief efforts in puerto rico. people there are battling floods, sweeping power outages, loss of access to clean water. meteorologist tom sater is in the cnn weather center. tom, tell us about the storm now. let s not forget they had a heat advisory in puerto rico and over a million without power. it s still dangerous down there. this storm system is a cannon ball, a category 4, trending a little bit west at the top of your screen. their biggest issue, they could see very high seas. we re talking 50, 60-foot wave heights as it moves through its core. the bigger issue of course with these wave heights for us are dangerous rip currents the next several days. we could see 10-foot high waves crashing in. so the advisories, very dangerous to be out in the waters for the next several days. but the bigger story is going to be canada.
right now a hurricane, a tropical storm and three other systems spell trouble in the atlantic. let s get rate to meteorologist tom sater in the cnn weather center. tom, let s start with hurricane fiona. it could be be one of the most powerful storms ever to hit canada, right? oh, most likely. in fact, the lowest pressure they ve ever had in canada, we measure in millibars, is 940. this is going to be about 925, 935. that s equivalent to a category 4. now, it s not going to be a hurricane when it makes landfall. but superstorm sandy wasn t either. this is going to be their superstorm sandy. thank goodness it s west of bermuda. conditions are deteriorating there. they re into the wind. they re into the rainfall. but it stays in the east as a category 3, then plows into atlantic canada. more on that in a minute. we ve got our own problems here. dangerous rip currents and high seas. already we re saying wave heights up to 50 feet, and they re going to get higher when it passes by bermuda
925, 935. so that s equivalent to a category 4. this is a generational storm. it will become their superstorm sandy. right now at its peak category 4, staying well to the west of bermuda. they re starting to see the weather conditions deteriorate. but as it slides northward, even though you see it go from category 4 to category 3 and lose its characteristics as far as what we call a hurricane, it s still going to carry this massive amount of catastrophic energy up into canada. we have advisories along the coast easily eight, nine, ten-foot waves on the coast. but we re near the center, near bermuda. wave heights, wolf, are getting up to 50 and 60 feet high. so all of that upwelling, it s going to get carried right into movia scotia and areas of newfoundland the likes they ve never seen. damage could be widespread. tens of thousands of trees down, 400-mile-wide paths of tropical storm-force winds. power out to hundreds of thousands and heavy rain to boot. and tom, if that were not eno
Strong northwesterly winds pass through West Michigan on Wednesday, generating high wave heights and potentially strong currents. Do NOT swim in Lake Michigan on Wednesday.