High winds and snow are causing hazardous driving conditions, cancellations and power outages across P.E.I. Monday afternoon.

Environment Canada issued a blowing snow warning for the entire Island. Strong westerly winds will gust up to 80 km/hr, meaning near-zero visibility in many areas.

Five centimetres of snow is also expected.

Conditions will improve over Prince County later in the afternoon and Queens and Kings counties Monday night, reports Environment Canada.

Environment Canada weather radar shows the low-pressure system that has brought stormy conditions to the Maritimes. (Environment Canada)

Maritime Electric said about 1,000 customers are without power Monday afternoon. High winds caused broken tree limbs to fall on power lines and, in some areas, lines slapped together. The Eldon and Belfast area along with the Malpeque, Darnley and Seaview have been hardest hit with 400 customers in each experiencing flickering lights and outages.

Crews are working in those locations and have also been dispatched to Smith Road, South Granville, St. Patrick's Road and Urbainville. Several other individual calls have been reported.

Environment Canada also warns that ice pressure from strong northwest winds and higher than normal water levels may cause ice to push in and raft along the Island's north coast Monday morning.

The Confederation Bridge remains closed to high-sided vehicles including tractor trailers, buses and cars towing trailers. The restrictions were put in place at about 1 a.m. Monday.

The Charlottetown Airport reported a few flight delays, but no cancellations.

Schools and the majority of businesses are closed for Islander Day, so it isn't known if the weather would have impacted their opening had it been a regular Monday.

Charlottetown's Winter Fun Festival outdoor activities were cancelled Sunday due to heavy rain associated with this low-pressure system that affected all of the Maritime provinces.