Moderate Severe Storm ● Active

yellow warning - wind - in effect — Central Coast - inland sections, Canada

Event time: Last updated: 1 hr ago Canada
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Damaging winds are expected.

Westerly inflow winds gusting up to 100 km/h expected.

When: Late this afternoon to early this evening.

Where: Central Coast - inland sections

Remarks:
A robust low pressure system will track across the Central Coast this afternoon. In the wake of this low, we expect to see a brief period of strong westerly inflow winds gusting to 90 km/h. The winds will ease this evening as the low moves inland.

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Local utility outages are possible.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #BCStorm.

Measurements

Coordinates52.3680, -126.5203
RegionCentral Coast - inland sections
Location Precisionpolygon
Issuing AuthorityCanada — ca-msc-xx
Cap UrgencyFuture
Cap CertaintyLikely
Cap Expires2026-11-07T04:05:29-00:00

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