CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A nor’easter is tracking towards P.E.I. that will bring snow and wind to the province on Sunday, Feb. 2.
Cindy Day, chief meteorologist with the SaltWire Network, said Islanders can expect 15 centimetres of snow and winds out of the northeast gusting between 60 and 70 km/h.
“It’s going to be a winter storm with lots of wind and some snow but it’s not going to be the storm to end all storms,’’ Day said Wednesday. “It’s nothing we can’t handle.’’
As of late Wednesday afternoon, the system was developing 4,000 kilometres away over Northern Mexico. The jet stream will take it for a dip in the Gulf of Mexico and then across the Florida panhandle before it swings off the eastern seaboard and into Canadian water.
Day said it will approach the coast of Nova Scotia late Saturday afternoon with snow developing over P.E.I. by midnight to 2 a.m. on Sunday.
“It looks like it’s really just going to be a snow event for the Island,’’ she said. “The wind is going to be a little bit of an issue.’’
Day said as the snow starts winds will pick up out of the northeast.
The system will begin to move out Sunday night with the winds shifting to the northwest overnight in Monday.
However, the drive to work on Monday could still be a bit tricky.
“Some clearing comes quickly behind it but (it will) still be breezy to blow it around so there will be some issues with reduced visibility as the wind stays pretty gusty.’’
Day said the wind will still gust in the 60-70 km/h range early Monday morning before diminishing to 40 km/h in the afternoon and into Tuesday.
As always, Day said people should keep track of the system’s progress through the rest of this week.
“It’s always worth watching because a little wobble in the core of the system . . . if it tracks further to the west we could see some mixing with the rain.’’
