Warm southerly wind bringing showers is the forecast for today, but a chill is predicted to come back tonight.
On P.E.I. today, early morning temperatures ranged from a high of 3.8 at East Point, to a low of 1.3 at North Cape.
The Confederation Bridge today is currently open to all traffic, but at any moment, up to about 9 a.m., could revert to a restriction to high-sided vehicles due to gusting wind.
All flights into and out of Charlottetown Airport are showing to be on time.
WEATHER TODAY:
Cloudy. A few showers beginning late this morning, arriving on P.E.I. from west to east.
TEMPERATURE: Maybe reaching 9 around noon, before dropping slowly but steadily through the afternoon.
WIND: Southwest gusting to 70, becoming west gusting to 40 this afternoon.
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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:
A few rain showers ending this evening, then mainly cloudy with a good chance of flurries as winds move towards north.
TEMPERATURE: Down to -1.
WIND: West gusting to 40, becoming northwest gusting to 60 this evening.
TOMORROW’S FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, NOV. 30:
Mainly cloudy with a small chance of flurries early in the morning. Clearing in the afternoon.
TEMPERATURE: Up to maybe +1.
WIND: Northwest, gusting to 50, becoming light near noon.
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First light – 6:21 a.m.
Civil twilight – 6:58
Official Sunrise – 7:32 a.m.
Official Sunset – 4:29 p.m.
Civil twilight ends – 5:03 p.m.
Last light – 5:41 p.m.
Moon – The moon today rises this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. and sets early tomorrow at 3:21 a.m.
The official length of daylight today is 8 hours, 57 minutes.
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The highest temperature on record for Nov. 29 on P.E.I. is 14.9 set in 2003.
The lowest temperature on record for this date is -12.1 set in 1989.
For Nov. 29 on P.E.I., the average high is 2.9.
Average low for this date is -4.1.
The hot spot in Canada this morning was at Saint-Anicet, Que., where it was 10.8.
The coldest spot anywhere in Canada early this morning was again at Old Crow, Yukon, where it was –35.1.
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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.