The weather today is expected to be much like yesterday, mainly sunny with winds dropping to light this afternoon and the temperature holding steady around -5C .
Confederation Bridge 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 -6.9 at Stanhope to a low of -9.2 in Summerside.
WEATHER TODAY:
Mainly sunny.
TEMPERATURE: Steady around -5.
WIND: Northwest gusting to 50, becoming light later 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:
Increasing cloudiness. Periods of snow beginning late this evening.
TEMPERATURE: Rising to -1 by morning.
WIND: Becoming south, gusting to 50 this evening.
TOMORROW’S FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, FEB. 24:
Mainly cloudy. Medium chance of showers early in the afternoon. Clearing late in the afternoon.
TEMPERATURE: +4
WIND: Southwest gusting to 50, becoming northwest gusting to 50 near noon.
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First light – 5:58 a.m.
Civil twilight – 6:33 a.m.
Official Sunrise – 7:03 a.m.
Official Sunset – 5:49 p.m.
Civil twilight ends – 6:19 p.m.
Last light – 6:54 p.m.
Moon – The moon rises this morning at 11:16 a.m., and sets early tomorrow at 2:25 a.m.
The official length of daylight today is 10 hours, 46 minutes.
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The highest temperature on record for Feb. 23 on P.E.I. is +10.8 set in 1996.
The lowest temperature on record for this date is –25.6 set in 1972.
For Feb. 23 on P.E.I., the average high is -2.6.
Average low for this date is -11.4.
The hot spot in Canada this morning was at Cumshewa Island, B.C. where it was +7.0.
The coldest spot anywhere in Canada early this morning was at Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, where it was -39.5.
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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.
