Care is needed this morning as P.E.I. wakes up to temperatures around -3C, as Environment Canada says today’s weather will be sunny but remain chilly.
Saturday, however, will have a mix of sun with cloud with strong south winds and a possible high of 10.
Environment Canada has provided a summery of maximum wind gust, in kilometers per hour, from yesterday’s storm on P.E.I.
East Point: 113
Charlottetown Airport: 102
North Cape: 94
Harrington: 81
Stanhope: 80
Summerside: 76
Maritime Electric reports early this morning that it still has about 50 individual customers without power today, At one point yesterday there were over 4,000 power outages.
On P.E.I. today, early morning temperatures ranged from a high of –0.9 at East Point, to a low of -2.9 in Charlottetown.
The Confederation Bridge today is open to all traffic which is flowing smoothly.
All flights into and out of Charlottetown Airport are showing to be on time.
School bus #489 going to Cardigan is reporting it is running one hour late.
WEATHER TODAY:
Sunny in the morning, then a mix of sun and cloud with medium chance of flurries late in the afternoon.
TEMPERATURE: Staying most of the morning at +1, reaching +2 briefly mid afternoon.
WIND: West gusting to 40.
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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:
Partly cloudy.
TEMPERATURE: Rising to +4 by morning.
WIND: Becoming south, medium.
TOMORROW’S FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, NOV. 25:
A mix of sun and cloud.
TEMPERATURE: High reaching about 10.
WIND: South, gusting to 60.
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First light – 6:15 a.m.
Civil twilight – 6:52
Official Sunrise – 7:26 a.m.
Official Sunset – 4:32 p.m.
Civil twilight ends – 5:06 p.m.
Last light – 5:43 p.m.
Moon – The moon today rises at noon and sets at 9:53 p.m.
The official length of daylight today is 9 hours, 7 minutes.
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The highest temperature on record for Nov. 24 on P.E.I. is 14.4 set in 1953.
The lowest temperature on record for this date is -13.3 set in 1972.
For Nov. 24 on P.E.I., the average high is 3.9.
Average low for this date is -2.8.
The hot spot in Canada this morning was at Sisters Islets, B.C., where it was 10.0.
The coldest spot anywhere in Canada early this morning was at Mayo, Yukon, where it was –37.8.
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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.
