Winds will be issue for P.E.I.

Dorian will hit P.E.I. late Saturday afternoon as a post-tropical storm, says the chief meteorologist for the SaltWire Network.

Cindy Day said the effects of the storm, which devastated parts of the Bahamas as a hurricane with winds reaching almost 300 km/h, won’t be felt on the Island until at least 3 p.m. on Saturday.

“Friday looks fantastic, (but) on Saturday the clouds thicken and the wind starts to build around noon gusting around 40 km/h and then I don’t think you’ll see much rain until about 3 in the afternoon, maybe even a little later than that,’’ Day said Wednesday.

The bulk of the storm will be into Saturday evening and overnight.

Day said winds will gust between 80 km/h and 90 km/h from the east and then shift out of the northwest early Sunday morning, gusting to at least 80 km/h until noon.

“It will be about 12 hours of pretty persistent high gusts even though the wind direction changes, so that might cause trouble for some.’’

In terms of rain, Day said Islanders can expect 60 to 70 millimetres, perhaps a bit more if there is a thunderstorm embedded in there. Due to the lack of rainfall this summer, she said there shouldn’t be much flooding from this event.

As for the rest of Atlantic Canada, Day said only central and northern New Brunswick will escape most of Dorian’s wrath.

Dorian is already started to affect events on P.E.I.

Due to the impending storm, organizers of the Taste of Target Tours event at the Delta Prince Edward in Charlottetown on Saturday have rescheduled the event to Saturday, Oct. 26, from noon to 3 p.m.

“At Target Tours, the safety of our guests and team are of the highest importance and we feel that with over 300 people who were expected to attend it is the responsible thing to postpone the event now rather than waiting until closer to the date,’’ said Jacqueline Skinner, operations manager of Target Tours.