After being spoiled with some warmer days, Islanders should expect rain for much of Wednesday.
The showers were light this morning and were expected to clear up — albeit with clouds remainging — but rain, about 5 mm, is expected to return this afternoon. Fog will develop with the rain in the morning and dissipate in the afternoon, with winds southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 and becoming light near noon. This afternoon, the wind is expected to be north 20 gusting to 40.
Temperature is expected to fall to 5 after noon with a UV index of 5 or moderate.
The showers — about 2 mm — may finally end in the evening but the clouds will remain, with wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50, becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 overnight and a low of 2.
Thursday will bring a mix of sun and cloud with a high 7 and wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light in the afternoon, again turning to rain in the evening: a 60 per cent chance of showers and a low of 6.
On P.E.I. today, early morning temperatures ranged from a high of 11.5 at Stanhope to a low of 7.8 at North Cape.
WEATHER TODAY:
Light rain
TEMPERATURE: 11
UV INDEX: 5 (moderate)
WIND: Southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light
WEATHER TOMORROW:
Sun and cloud
TEMPERATURE: 7
WIND: Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light in the afternoon
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Cindy Day, SaltWire Network’s chief meteorologist, will have the latest weather details throughout today at www.theguardian.pe.ca/weather as well as on Facebook and Twitter. Full video weather forecasts are available at 11:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
