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Today is Saturday, November 7th. Steady heavy rains will affect your weekend, and meteorologist Nicole Karkic, you know, we saw the effects of that yesterday with the evacuations on Vancouver Island. Some regions have already received 200 mm of precipitation. Over the course of this weekend, what do you think will be the biggest impacts we will experience along the British Columbia coast? Well, with this new system coming in, Rachel, we're going to have winds again. We will also see wet weather, but we will also be concerned about snow. But speaking of wind, along that warm front, gusts will reach 80 km/h, possibly up to 90 on
Vancouver Island. It will move inland along a cold front by Sunday morning. So, another windy day. I know many people are still without power due to yesterday's winds. So we expect more power outages over the next 48 hours due to this situation. Along the coastline, especially on Vancouver Island, the west coast of Vancouver Island sees very high waves. That's why we have a coastal flood warning in effect, Rachel, and that will coincide with the high tide around noon today and Sunday. So, now let's focus only on precipitation. If you could calculate the time, Nicole, when the most intense precipitation will occur, say, for Vancouver, let's try to simulate that scenario now So, we have a little lull in the
morning hours. This is the time when you go outside, walk the dog, etc. Throughout today, you will notice a red line-a warm front that will bring warm air for most of the day. This certainly increases from mid-morning, into the afternoon, and in the evening hours we will see more blue colors appear. And that's where the snow will fall on our mountain peaks. By Sunday evening, Rachel, we will see calm again. So, in terms of time, this is a moment when many people may be at home and sleeping. So, you know, most of the day is spent in this heavy rain. And here is the amount of precipitation we expect by Sunday. Answering your question about the exact intensity for Vancouver, look at this: it peaks around 9pm and then starts to weaken by Sunday morning
. There are a lot of different elements at play here. There is also a chance of thunderstorms for Vancouver Island, and Metro Vancouver, you are included in that as well. Now, Nicole, let's discuss the freezing level, because it should drop over the next 24 hours Yes, we were lucky that we saw mostly rain on the mountain passes, but since the freezing level will drop to 1000 meters by Monday, that's when the snowfall will start. So, up to 50 cm of snow is expected to fall on Whistler's high mountain peaks this weekend So, snow is also possible in the Sea to Sky area, and, Rachel, it's not over yet. A new wave of moisture is likely to hit British Columbia next week, moving south in late November
