Sidewalks are slippery this morning, but roads are mostly clear and dry while temperatures and wind are combining today for biting cold.
Winds gusted as temperatures dropped overnight, bringing a drying effect to roads, but patches of ice are still prevalent, even some with water still unfrozen under and around, so caution is needed.
Due to mechanical issues, East Wiltshire School is closed for today.
"Students arriving by bus will be rerouted back home upon arrival," says the Public Schools Branch.
The weather today is expected to be mainly sunny with winds dropping to light this afternoon and the temperature rising slowly to about -6C .
Confederation Bridge, however, is currently open to all traffic with no warnings in place.
FlyPEI shows the first flight of the early morning cancelled, but all other arrivals and departures are on time today. Check the airport web site for updates.
On P.E.I. today, early morning temperatures ranged from a high of -3.4 at East Point to a low of -4.0 in Charlottetown.
WEATHER TODAY:
Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon.
TEMPERATURE: Up to -6
WIND: Northwest gusting to 50, except gusting to 70 along parts of the coast early this morning.
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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:
Clearing this evening.
TEMPERATURE: Around -11.
WIND: Northwest, light to almost calm.
TOMORROW’S FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 23:
Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud late in the afternoon.
TEMPERATURE: -3
WIND: Light around the west, to almost calm.
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First light – 5:59 a.m.
Civil twilight – 6:34 a.m.
Official Sunrise – 7:05 a.m.
Official Sunset – 5:47 p.m.
Civil twilight ends – 6:18 p.m.
Last light – 6:53 p.m.
Moon – The moon rose this morning at 10:37 a.m., and sets early tomorrow at 1:16 a.m.
The official length of daylight today is 10 hours, 42 minutes.
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The highest temperature on record for Feb. 22 on P.E.I. is +8.9 set in 1954.
The lowest temperature on record for this date is –26.1 set in 1966.
For Feb. 22 on P.E.I., the average high is -2.7.
Average low for this date is -11.6.
The hot spot in Canada this morning was at Rose Spit, B.C. where it was +4.4.
The coldest spot anywhere in Canada early this morning was at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, where it was -42.1.
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Below is a live-stream camera view courtesy of Confederation Bridge to give a sense of weather conditions at that location.
