Folks a string cold front will sweep across PEI late this evening ushering in another round of Arctic. A flash freeze type event will occur as temperatures rapidly behind the front first beginning up west around 11:00pm, Charlottetown area near midnight and down east around 1:00am. Temperatures will then stay cold for a few days. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement regarding this quick freeze tonight. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:30 PM AST MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAIN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== MILD TEMPERATURES AND PERIODS OF RAIN ARE FORECAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. TEMPERATURES IN MANY AREAS WILL REACH 3 TO 4 DEGREES. TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET IN ITS WAKE. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN SNOW MELT AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COULD LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS AS WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED OR EXTENDED. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA END
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:22:06 +0000
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