One more time! Storm warning in effect for most of P.E.I.
Kevin Yarr | CBC News | Posted: February 15, 2017 10:27 AM | Last Updated: February 15, 2017
Islanders could get a break from snow after Thursday's storm
Prince Edward is in line for its fourth winter storm in eight days on Thursday.
Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning just before 5 a.m. Wednesday for Prince and Queens Counties. A special weather statement was issued for Kings County, but that ended later in the day.
The forecast is for 25 centimetres of snow in Prince and Queens counties, but only 5 to 10 centimetres in Kings.
That's on top of 82 centimetres of snow that has already fallen at Charlottetown Airport this month.
The storm is expected to start about 2 a.m.
"The winds will begin to ramp up near sunrise on Thursday, we could see some gusts near 70 km/h," said CBC meteorologist Brennan Allen.
"The heaviest snow will fall from the mid-morning until mid-afternoon."
There will be reduced visibility in blowing snow. Confederation Bridge has issued a wind warning advisory starting at 5 a.m.
The storm is expected to move out late Thursday afternoon
Flurries are expected to continue into Friday, but following that Environment Canada is forecasting four straight days without a flake of snow.
So far in February, the longest stretch without snow has been two days.
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