Canada is calling for a warm sunny day today, with a high temperatures just a few degrees short of the all-time record and naerly twice the average high for this date.
Today marks two milestones on the annual weather calendar. It is the first day of the year that the total length of official daylight is 14 hours. It is also the first time in the year that the day’s first light appears before 5 a.m.Tomorrow the forecast is calling for sun and warmth again.
The Confederation Bridge is currently open to all traffic, with no warnings.
FlyPEI shows all flights into and out of Charlottetown are on schedule today. Check the airport web site for updates.
On P.E.I. today, early morning temperatures ranged from a high of +4.2 at both North Cape and Stanhope, to a low of 0.3 at Maple Plains.
WEATHER TODAY:
Sunny.
TEMPERATURE: 16, except 8 in onshore winds.
UV INDEX: 6 (high).
WIND: Becoming southwest, gusting to 50 this morning.
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Cindy Day, SaltWire Network’s chief meteorologist, will have the latest weather details throughout today at www.theguardian.pe.ca/weather as well as on Facebook and Twitter. Full video weather forecasts are available at 11:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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LIVE STREAM VIDEO of downtown Charlottetown to see weather conditions there, courtesy of the P.E.I. government and The Guild.
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TONIGHT’S PREDICTION
A few clouds.
TEMPERATURE: +3.
WIND: Southwest, gusting to 40.
TOMORROW’S FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, April 25:
A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
TEMPERATURE: 4, except 8 in onshore winds.
WIND: Remaining southwest, gusting to 40.
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First light – 4:59 a.m.
Civil twilight – 5:38 a.m.
Official Sunrise – 6:11 a.m.
Official Sunset – 8:11 p.m.
Civil twilight ends – 8:43 p.m.
Last light – 9:23 p.m.
Length of Day – 14 hours.
Moon – The moon rises this afternoon at 2:06 p.m., and sets tomorrow at 4:21 a.m.
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The highest temperature on record for April 24 on P.E.I. is +18.3 set in 1943.
The lowest temperature on record for this date is -6.7 set in 1965.
For April 24 on P.E.I., the average high is +8.7.
Average low for this date is -0.1.
The hot spot in Canada this morning was at Agassiz, B.C. where it was +13.0.
The coldest spot anywhere in Canada early this morning was at Pond Inlet, Nunavut where it was -27.8.
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Below is a live-stream camera view courtesy of Confederation Bridge to give a sense of weather conditions at that location.
