One more time! Storm warning in effect for most of P.E.I. - Action News
Home WebMail Saturday, November 23, 2024, 05:28 PM | Calgary | -11.4°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
PEI

One more time! Storm warning in effect for most of P.E.I.

Prince Edward is in line for its fourth winter storm in eight days on Thursday.

Islanders could get a break from snow after Thursday's storm

It was calm at dawn in Charlottetown Wednesday. Don't expect the same on Thursday. (CBC)

Prince Edward is in line for its fourth winter storm in eight days on Thursday.

Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning just before 5 a.m. Wednesday for Prince and Queens Counties. A special weather statement was issued for Kings County, but that ended later in the day.

The forecast is for 25 centimetres of snow in Prince and Queens counties, but only 5 to 10 centimetres in Kings.

That's on top of 82 centimetres of snow that has already fallen at Charlottetown Airport this month.

The storm is expected to start about 2 a.m.

"The winds will begin to ramp up near sunrise on Thursday, we could see some gusts near 70 km/h," said CBC meteorologist Brennan Allen.

"The heaviest snow will fall from the mid-morning until mid-afternoon."

There will be reduced visibility in blowing snow. Confederation Bridge has issued a wind warning advisory starting at 5 a.m.

The storm is expected to move out late Thursday afternoon

Flurries are expected to continue into Friday, but following that Environment Canada is forecasting four straight days without a flake of snow.

So far in February, the longest stretch without snow has been two days.

With files from Island Morning