Wet, windy weekend ahead
Cindy Day says a weather bomb will drop on P.E.I. and last through Sunday night
A weather bomb is set to drop on Prince Edward Island this weekend.
Cindy Day, chief meteorologist with the SaltWire Network, said strong winds, snow and rain will impact the province beginning this morning and lasting all day on Sunday.
The on-again, off-again showers on Friday were not associated with the system that will bring miserable conditions to the province over the weekend.
“This system (coming) is going to be a weather bomb,’’ Day said, referring to a explosive cyclogenesis that results in a rapid pressure decrease that brings strong winds and precipitation.
“That’s what is going to bring on the powerful crashing waves and the high-water levels caused by the astronomical tides. The moon just passed its full phase, so it’s bringing on some high tides.’’
Those crashing waves will be felt on the south-facing coastlines.
Day said the winds will build Friday night into this morning and increase in strength as the day goes on. She estimates gusts will be 60 km/h by 2 or 3 p.m. on Saturday, increasing to 70 to 80 km/h overnight into Sunday.
“Then it takes a turn to the west, (and) it’s going to pull in some colder air. We’ll see a mixing of flurries overnight (Saturday into Sunday) to the morning hours and then the west winds will gust to 80 (km/h) probably most of the day on Sunday.’’
Winds are expected to diminish to 60 km/h by Sunday evening.
As for snow amounts, Day doesn’t expect the Island will see anything beyond one to three centimetres.
And, all this cool, wet weather is going to continue for a while.
Day doesn’t expect a real warmup to begin until after the Victoria Day weekend (May 16-18).
“There’s another 10 days or so of this — lots of wind; cool temperatures.’’