Jay Scotland

Jay Scotland is the meteorologist for CBC News: Compass on P.E.I.

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More hurricanes expected this year, but that doesn't mean more will hit Atlantic Canada

The U.S.-based National Hurricane Center released its outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season Thursday, predicting there is a 60 per cent probability of an above-average season.

CBC meteorologist Jay Scotland recalls Dorian one year later

Dorian crossed the eastern tip of Prince Edward Island shortly after midnight on Sept. 8, 2019, as a post-tropical storm. 

Weather balloon from U.S. floats into P.E.I. farmer's field

A P.E.I. farmer found something surprising in his field. It was a weather device called a radiosonde from the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

What to do if your favourite TV or radio show is interrupted by a tornado warning

With summer tornado season in Ontario now underway, your favourite TV show or radio program might be interrupted by a loud siren or automated voice. Here's what to do

The Jays are still playing ball and it's patio weather: It is October, right?

Torontonians can thank an approaching cold front to our west for the unseasonably warm temperatures they're enjoying in October.

Toronto breaks a heat record for September 7

If you thought this was the hottest Sept. 7 you've ever experienced in Toronto, give yourself a pat on your undoubtedly sweaty back; you were right.