Road reports
As of 7:30 a.m.
Prince County: The snow is expected to come and the plow operators are on standby. The plow operators will likely be out on the main roads by 8 a.m.
Queens County: The dispatchers are now calling the plow operators to get ready to head out on the roads in anticipation of the winter storm expected to start this morning.
Prince County: No operators are out on the road yet. A spokesman with the transportation office said conditions are "bare and dry" at the moment. He said once the roads are possibly slippery, the salters and sanders will head out first.
Schools
- All Public Schools Branch and French Language School Board family of schools are cancelled for the day.
- All Holland College locations are closed for the day.
- UPEI is closed for the day.
- Grace Christian School is closed for the day.
- All Island Montessori Academy campuses are closed for the day.
- College of Piping is closed for the day.
Health P.E.I. services impacted by weather
Due to inclement weather and road conditions, the following health service(s) scheduled for today are impacted:
As of 12:40 p.m.
- All primary care appointments at Montague Health Centre are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Eastern Kings Health Centre are cancelled
As of 11:30 a.m.
- All OB/GYN appointments at The Polyclinic are cancelled
- Evening primary care clinic at Montague Health Centre is cancelled
As of 10:00 a.m.
- Mental health walk-in clinics in Summerside, Lennox Island and O’Leary are cancelled
- All public health nursing appointments province-wide are cancelled
- All public health family nutrition appointments province-wide are cancelled
- All public health dental program appointments province-wide are cancelled
- All public health speech language pathology appointments province-wide are cancelled
- All public health audiology appointments province-wide are cancelled
- All public health pediatric psychology appointments province-wide are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Central Queens Health Centre (Hunter River) are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Gulf Shore Health Centre (Rustico) are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Cornwall Health Centre are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Four Neighbourhoods Health Centre (Charlottetown) are cancelled
- Nurse practitioner clinic appointments at Parkdale Health Centre are cancelled
- INR clinic appointments at Parkdale Health Centre are cancelled
As of 8:40 a.m.
- All primary care appointments at Harbourside Health Centre are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Kensington Health Centre are cancelled
- P.E.I. Medicare office in Montague (Douses Road) is closed to the public
- Health P.E.I.’s office in Charlottetown (16 Garfield Street) is closed to the public
As of 8:15 a.m.
- All INR program appointments at the Parkdale Medical Centre scheduled before 10 a.m. are cancelled
- Cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs at Credit Union Place in Summerside are cancelled
As of 7:40 a.m.
- All primary care appointments at Central Queens Health Centre scheduled before 10 a.m. are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Gulf Shore Health Centre scheduled before 10 a.m. are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Cornwall Health Centre scheduled before 10 a.m. are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Four Neighbourhoods Health Centre scheduled before 10 a.m. are cancelled
- Parkdale nurse practitioner clinic appointments scheduled before 10 a.m. are cancelled
As of 7:20 a.m.
- All primary care appointments at Alberton Health Centre are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at O’Leary Health Centre are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Tyne Valley Health Centre are cancelled
- All women’s wellness and sexual health services appointments at the Polyclinic in Charlottetown are cancelled
- Primary care nurse practitioner walk-in clinic in Morell is cancelled
- All public health nursing appointments province-wide scheduled before 12 p.m. (noon) are cancelled
- All public health family nutrition appointments province-wide scheduled before 12 p.m. (noon) are cancelled
- All public health dental program appointments province-wide in Prince and Queens counties scheduled before 12 p.m. (noon) are cancelled
- All public health speech language pathology appointments province-wide scheduled before 12 p.m. (noon) are cancelled
- All public health audiology appointments province-wide scheduled before 12 p.m. (noon) are cancelled
- All public health pediatric psychology appointments province-wide scheduled before 12 p.m. (noon) are cancelled
- P.E.I. Medicare office in Montague (Douses Road) is closed to the public until 10:30 a.m.
- Health P.E.I.’s office in Charlottetown (16 Garfield Street) is closed to the public until 10:30 a.m.
- Health P.E.I. reminds Islanders with appointments at hospitals, clinics and other health care services to call ahead to confirm appointments or notify staff if they are unable to make the appointment.
Islanders are also reminded to call 811 for non-urgent health care advice or 911 in the event of an emergency.
For updates, visit princeedwardisland.ca and click the green health alert tab at the top.
Provincial libraries
All provincial libraries will remain closed for the day.
Weather
A winter storm is set to hit this Island this morning, with 20 to 30 centimetres of snow and ice pellets expected.
Snow at times heavy beginning early this morning then changing to ice pellets with blowing snow this afternoon.
Winds will gust up to 70 km/h this afternoon.
Today’s high is -6 C, but with the wind chill it will feel more like -19 C in the morning and -11 C in the afternoon.
Snow and ice pellets amounting to two cm expected this evening and ending after midnight.
Wind gusts up to 70 km/h are expected with a low of -7 C. With the wind chill it will feel like -7 C in the evening and -17 C overnight.
WINTER STORM WARNING: Hazardous winter conditions are expected.
Snow at times heavy ahead of an approaching low-pressure system will begin this morning. The snow will mix with or change to ice pellets late this afternoon and then taper to flurries in the evening. Total snow and ice pellet accumulations of 20 to 30 cm are expected by this evening.
Strong easterly winds are also expected to develop with gusts reaching up to 70 km/h by this afternoon. These winds in combination with the snow will create poor visibility in blowing snow this afternoon and will continue to cause difficult travel conditions into the evening.
Conditions will improve tonight as the precipitation tapers off.
Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve. Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow.
Winter storm warnings are issued when multiple types of severe winter weather are expected to occur together.
For updates, visit Weather.gc.ca.
RELATED: The SaltWire Network weather page
Confederation Bridge
WIND WARNING ADVISORY: Wind conditions may result in restrictions of traffic on the Confederation Bridge.
For updates, visit Confederationbridge.com.
Charlottetown Airport
Arrival cancellations:
- Air Canada flight 7750 scheduled to arrive from Halifax at 9:01 a.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7516 scheduled to arrive from Toronto at 11:12 a.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7754 scheduled to arrive from Halifax at 1:11 p.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 8511 scheduled to arrive from Montreal at 4:26 p.m. has been cancelled.
Arrival delay:
- West Jet flight 332 scheduled to arrive at 6:22 p.m. from Toronto has been delayed until 6:47 p.m.
Departure cancellations:
- Air Canada flight 7751 scheduled to depart at 9:20 a.m. heading to Halifax has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7519 scheduled to depart at 11:50 a.m. heading to Toronto has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7755 scheduled to depart at 1:30 p.m. heading to Halifax has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 8536 scheduled to depart at 4 p.m. heading to Montreal has been cancelled.
For updates, visit Flypei.com.
