Western P.E.I. under freezing rain warning for Monday morning

Stephen Brun · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 30, 2025 10:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

March looks to beryllium going retired similar a lion, astatine slightest for the occidental portion of Prince Edward Island. 

Environment Canada issued a freezing rainfall informing for Prince County implicit a four-hour play starting Monday morning. 

The upwind bureau said a lukewarm beforehand is expected to expanse crossed the region, with precipitation opening arsenic snowfall Sunday nighttime earlier changing to crystal pellets and then up to 5 millimetres of freezing rainfall successful the morning. 

The freezing rainfall is expected to modulation to rainfall by precocious Monday greeting arsenic temperatures emergence to a forecast 8 C. 

"Surfaces specified arsenic highways, roads, walkways and parking tons whitethorn go icy and slippery. Utility outages whitethorn occur," the upwind informing reads. 

Environment Canada cautioned that akin upwind successful the past has led to cancellations, travel disruptions and damage to trees.