Slippery conditions and frozen vehicle wiper blades are the order of the morning but Environment Canada is predicting a mix of sun and cloud before rain moves in after midnight.
The special weather statement about possible rain warnings is no longer in effect, but rain is predicted to come very early Wednesday.
The Confederation Bridge today is currently open to all traffic but there is a warning that restrictions for high-sided vehicles because of high wind may be need anytime between 11 p.m. tonight, through to noon tomorrow.
All flights arriving to and departing from Charlottetown Airport are showing to be on time.
On P.E.I. today, early morning temperatures ranged from a high of +1.4 at East Point, to a low of –7.4 in Maple Plains.
WEATHER TODAY:
A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming cloudy this afternoon with good chance of flurries late this afternoon.
TEMPERATURE: Holding at 0 most of the day.
WIND: Becoming east, gusting to 40 this afternoon.
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LIVE STREAM of downtown Charlottetown to see weather conditions there, courtesy of the P.E.I. government and The Guild
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TONIGHT’S PREDICTIONS:
Periods of snow changing to rain near midnight. Snowfall amounts might be around 2 cm, and the rainfall amount about 10 mm. Fog patches developing after midnight.
TEMPERATURE: Rising to 6 by morning.
WIND: Southeast, gusting to 50, with gusts increasing to 80 late this evening.
TOMORROW’S FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13:
Rain ending late in the afternoon, then partly cloudy with additional amounts of 10 to 15 mm. Fog patches dissipating late in the morning.
TEMPERATURE: Falling to +3 in the afternoon.
WIND: Southeast gusting to 80, becoming south gusting to 50 in the morning, then southwest gusting to 60 late in the afternoon.
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First light – 6:32 a.m.
Civil twilight – 7:10
Official Sunrise – 7:45 a.m.
Official Sunset – 4:26 p.m.
Civil twilight ends – 5:00 p.m.
Last light – 5:38 p.m.
Moon – The moon rose early today, at 1:49 a.m, and sets this afternoon at 1:50 a.m.
The official length of daylight today is 8 hours, 40 minutes.
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The highest temperature on record for Dec. 12 on P.E.I. is 15.9 set in 2008.
The lowest temperature on record for this date is -19.1 set in 1980.
For Dec. 12 on P.E.I., the average high is 0.4.
Average low for this date is -7.4.
The hot spot in Canada this morning was at Lethbridge, Alta. where it was 13.0.
The coldest spot anywhere in Canada early this morning was at La Grande IV, Que., where it was –33.1.
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The live-stream camera view courtesy of Confederation Bridge is not working at this time.
