Whitehorse Daily Star from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada • 20

The Whitehorse STAR Wednesday October 20 1999 Environment Hurricane Jose threatens Eastern Caribbean not been hit by a hurricane since Hugo struck 10 years ago Schools broadcast messages asking parents to pick up their children Homeowners boarded up windows and clambered onto roofs to remove satellite dishes parents lost their roof in Hugo because they take the warning seriously going to prepare myself for all said a young man buying nails in a hardware store Remnants of Irene batter Newfoundland ST Nfld (CP) The remnants of hurricane Irene battered much of Newfoundland on Tuesday bringing high winds rain and heavy wet snow There were widespread power outages around Comer Brook Stephenville Green Bay and Twillingate The storm which hit the province Monday night dumped snow on parts of central and western Newfoundland and wind warnings remained in effect Tuesday for the Avalon and Bonav-ista peninsulas Driving conditions were described as treacherous in some areas POINTE- A-PITRE Guadeloupe AP) Hurricane Jose veered on to a collision course Tuesday with a line of islands strung along the Eastern Caribbean Residents on the French island of Martinique where the storm was projected to pass overnight Tuesday night began stockpiling water and food while Red Cross officials went on alert in Puerto Rico where Jose could strike Thursday getting stronger and it looks like going to go through a lot of said meteorologist Krissy Williams at the US National Hurricane Center in Miami Forecasters said it was too early to say whether Jose might threaten the US East Coast The 10th named storm of the season was about 17S kilometres east of the island of Dominica late Tuesday night Its winds had strengthened to 120 kilometres an hour and it was moving west-northwest at almost 21 kmh Hurricane-force winds extended 40 kilometres to the northeast of the centre with tropical storm force winds stretching another 185 kilometres In Pointe-a-Pitre the capital of French Guadeloupe residents lined up at supermarkets before 8 am Tuesday and some stores ran out of bottled water and rice by midmoming The island has France posted hurricane alerts for Martinique Guadeloupe St Martin and St Barthelemy Warnings also were in effect for Dominica Montserrat Antigua Barbuda Nevis St Kitts St Eustatius Saba St Maarten and Anguilla Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands Barbados and St Lucia were downgraded to tropical storm warnings Carnival Cruise Lines said it was diverting one ship to the Cayman Islands and Jamaica to escape the storm American Airlines cancelled flights to Antigua from its hub in San Juan Puerto Rico and warned of further cancellations Wednesday Tourists in the US Virgin Islands were heading home hoteliers said Officials in British Montserrat ic eruption warned that heavy rains could create mudslides on the ash-covered flanks of the Soufriere Hills volcano The Hurricane Centre warned people in the Dominican Republic to watch Jose carefully Williams said the storm should be there by Friday possibly headed for the storm-battered Bahamas hoping a cold front through south Florida will push it back out to the ocean but pretty early to she said Last year Hurricane Georges churned through a dozen north killing more than 500 people and causing billions of dollars of damage greenhouse gas issue seriously environment minister including a lower speed limit are on the table But they gone to cabinet yet and he says he seen them He stressed Albertans will have a say before any major steps are taken A committee involving industry government representatives and Economic Development Authority is putting together the Alberta taking EDMONTON (CP) Alberta government once a major opponent of Canada's climate change policy has now accepted that greenhouse gases cause global wanning and must be reduced province has taken the view that dealing with greenhouse gases is Environment Minister Gary Mar said Monday Weaker Forecasts for Yukon and northwestern British Columbia for today and Thursday SYNOPSIS An arctic front will remain stretched across the central Yukon today Mainly cloudy skies and scattered flurries will continue along and to the north of this front Temperatures will remain near freezing in the central Yukon and near -8 in the north Elsewhere in the south a ridge of high pressure is forecast to give frequent sunny periods today with temperatures between 4 and 8 degrees On Thursday another strong Pacific frontal system will bring more snow and strong winds to most areas The snow should change to scattered showers by the afternoon over southern areas as temperatures warm to several degrees above 0 More significant snowfalls are expected north of the there are some competing scientific theories with respect to greenhouse gases on balance I believe this is a legitimate issue and I would say also even if the science was not correct it still hurt us to reduce the amount of things that we emit into die air Alberta bitterly denounced Ottawa when the federal government signed on to the Kyoto accord in 1997 Canada arctic front over the central Yukon the demp-ster and eventually Old Crow Blizzard conditions are likely Thursday afternoon along the dempster FORECAST Whitehorse TtriinAUln: Today sunny with cloudy periods High near 6 Tonight mainly clear this evening Increasing cloud overnight Low near -3 Thursday cloudy Occasional snow changing to scattered showers in the afternoon Southeasterly winds 30 gusting 50 km-h High near 7 Chances of precipitation in per cent 10 today A 20 Tonight and 70 Thursday Haines Junction: Today sunny with cloudy periods High near 8 Tonight mainly clear this evening Increasing cloud overnight Low near -2 Thursday cloudy Occasional snow changing to scattered showers in the afternoon Southerly winds to 50 km-h in the afternoon High near 10 Chances of precipitation in per cent 10 today A 20 Tonight and 70 Thursday agreed at the international meeting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but Alberta feared that would seriously hurt i(s resource-based economy Now die province leading energy producer is acd vely looking for ways to reduce greenhouse gases But it says a published report that the province is about to introduce measures such as lowering highway speed lim Kluane Lake: Today sunny with cloudy periods High near 5 Tonight mainly clear this evening Increasing cloud ovemighL Low near -4 Thursday mainly cloudy with a chance of flurries or afternoon showers Southeast winds 40 to 60 km-h High near 7 Chances of precipitation in percent 10 today A 20 Tonight and 40 Thursday Haines Skagwav Roads: Today variable cloud Chance of flumes High near 0 Tonight increasing cloud Snow beginning overnight Low near -3 Thursday snow changing to rain in the afternoon Winds becoming southerly 40 km-h High near 5 Chances of precipitation in per cent 40 today A 90 Tonight and 100 Thursday Beaver Creek: Today variable cloudiness High near 1 Tonight a few clouds this evening Increasing cloud ovemighL Low near -7 Thursday cloudy Flurries changing to showers in the afternoon High near 4 Chances of precipitation in per cent 10 today A 20 Tonight and 70 Thursday Dawson: Today mainly cloudy Chance of flurries High near 1 Tonight cloudy periods Low near -10 Thursday cloudy Snow beginning by the afternoon High near -2 Chances of precipitation in per cent 40 today A 20 Tonight and 90 Thursday Mavo: Today mainly cloudy with scattered flurries or showers Temperature steady near I Tonight cloudy periods Low near -10 Thursday becoming cloudy Snow beginning by the afternoon Winds becoming northeast 30 km-h High near -2 Chances of precipitation in per cent 40 today A 20 Tonight and 90 Thursday Faro Ross River Pellv Carmacks: Today variable cloud High near 4 Tonight cloudy periods Low near -7 Thursday cloudy Snow beginning in the morning then changing to showers in the afternoon Winds becoming southeast 30 km-h High near 3 Chances of precipitation in per cent 20 today A 10 Tonight and 80 Thursday Old Crow: Today mainly cloudy Scattered flurries High near -6 Tonight variable cloud Low near -18 Thursday a few clouds in the morning Becoming cloudy with a chance of flurries in the afternoon Winds becoming northeast 40 km-h late in the day High near -12 Chances of precipitation in per cent 40 today A 20 Tonight and 40 Thursday Dempster: Today mainly cloudy with flurries High near -8 Tonight variable cloud Chance of flurries Low near -17 Thursday its or offering incentives to buy fuel-efficient vehicles is premature Albertans be driving between Edmonton and Calgary on Highway 2 the main highway at 100 kilometres per hour instead of current speed limit of 1 10 km-h any time soon says the provincial environment minister Mar confirmed recommendations becoming cloudy Snow and blowing snow beginning in the afternoon Winds becoming northeasterly 30 to 50 km-h with local gusts to 80 km-h in the afternoon High near -1 2 Chances of precipitation in per cent 70 today A 30 Tonight and 90 Thursday Pease Lake Casstor Mountains: Today variable cloudiness Chance of showers High near 7 Tonight cloudy with clear periods Chance of showers or flurries Low near -1 Thursday mainly cloudy with showers or morning flurries High near 6 Chances of precipitation in per cent 30 today A 30 Tonight and 80 Thursday Watson Lake: Today sunny with cloudy periods High near 8 Tonight cloudy periods Low near -4 Thursday increasing cloudi ness Showers developing by afternoon High near 5 Chances of precipitation in per cent 20 today 0 Tonight and 70 Thursday sunny with cloudy periods High near 8 Tonight cloudy periods Low near -4 Thursday increasing cloudiness Showers developing by afternoon High near 4 Chances of precipitation in per cent 10 today 0 Tonight and 70 Thursday Fort Nelson: Today sunny with cloudy periods Winds southwesterly to 40 km-h High near 10 Tonight a few clouds Low near -6 Thursday increasing cloudiness Chance of flurries High near 3 Chances of precipitation in per cent 10 today 0 Tonight and 30 Thursday.