Post tropical storm Lee was located 23 kilometres northwest of Summerside this morning at 6.00 and heading out to sea toward Newfoundland. Lee travelled from the southern tip of Nova Scotia before crossing into the Bay of Fundy heading up southeastern New Brunswick before crossing the Northumberland Strait overnight into western PEI.
Power outages were caused on the mainland with Lee’s high winds affecting more than 150,000 electric customers across the Maritimes.
PEI had outages throughout the day with over 46-hundred at one point during the mid afternoon. There were just a few outages left this morning, reported by Maritime Electric.
Rainfall was not as heavy as expected.
About 8 mm in Charlottetown, 15 mm in Summerside and just over 7 mm in St. Peters Bay.
Wind gusts up to 80 or more blew across the Island. Peak winds gusting to around 115 K hit the Confederation Bridge.
Traffic was restricted most of the afternoon and over night but traffic is running smoothly this morning with a wind advisory in affect.
Northumberland Ferry crossings at Wood Islands and Caribou are cancelled this morning through the 12 noon crossing.
The Terry Fox runs scheduled for today are cancelled. The Charlottetown run will go on Tuesday evening in Victoria Park beginning at 5.30 with registration.
The Downtown Charlottetown Farm Market is cancelled today.
