****0000001508****
WWCN15 CWHX 310544

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 2:44 A.M. ADT MONDAY 31 MARCH 2025.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

=NEW= QUEENS COUNTY P.E.I.

=NEW= KINGS COUNTY P.E.I.

      PRINCE COUNTY P.E.I.



---------------------------------------------------------------------

==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.



LOCATIONS: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 



TOTAL FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS: POSSIBLY UP TO 5 MM. 



FREEZING RAIN DURATION: 4 HOURS. 



SIMILAR STORMS IN THE PAST HAVE CAUSED: 

- CANCELLATIONS OF SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES 

- DISRUPTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS 

- DAMAGE TO TREES AND LOCALIZED UTILITY OUTAGES 



REMARKS: A WARM FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON TODAY. 

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ICE 

PELLETS THEN FREEZING RAIN ON THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN 

TRANSITION TO RAIN NEAR NOON.



SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY 

BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. UTILITY OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN RAIN FALLING IN SUB-ZERO 

TEMPERATURES CREATES ICE BUILD-UP AND ICY SURFACES. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

PESTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)PESTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



END/ASPC