Early autumn heat wave into 3rd day

'Soupy air mass' lingers Wednesday

Image | PEI summer sunset

Caption: Both day and night-time temperatures have been about 10 C above normal. (Sharyn McCormack/Facebook)

Expect more temperature records to fall on P.E.I. Wednesday before showers herald cooler air moving into the province.
CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin is forecasting a high of 24 C in Charlottetown. The previous record for a Sept. 30 is 23.9 C in 2015.
Charlottetown, Summerside, St. Peters, Stanhope, and North Cape reached record temperatures Tuesday. It was the second record day in a row for Stanhope.
"Our temperatures have been well above where we should be for this time of year, even our overnight lows," said Simpkin, noting it was 19 C in Charlottetown at 6 a.m.
"That is about to change courtesy of a front that will be pushing through during the day today. But until it does, we're going to stay in this soupy air mass, if I may say that, because it does feel soupy and very thick out there."
There is a chance of showers in the morning and maybe some rain in the afternoon. The winds will also pick up, blowing at 40 km/h with gusts to 70 in the later part of the day.
The temperature will remain well above the normal of 15 C Thursday, with a high of 21 C in sunshine, but the overnight lows will become more seasonable, around 13 C.

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