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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:40 P.M. ADT THURSDAY 4 APRIL 2024.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
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==DISCUSSION==
MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION EVENT COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.
LOCATIONS: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
POTENTIAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 5 TO 15 CM.
MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS: EASTERLY 60 TO 70 KM/H.
TIMING: TONIGHT, GRADUALLY EASING BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
REMARKS: THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE WET AND HEAVY IN NATURE AS IT WILL
BE MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.
THIS, ALONG WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS, MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO
BREAK. SCATTERED UTILITY OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
INTERMITTENT AND LIGHTER IN INTENSITY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH
LOWER LIKELIHOOD OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
PESTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)PESTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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