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yellow warning - wind - in effect — Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge, Canada

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

Strong southeasterly winds gusting to 90 km/h tonight.

Where:
Metro Vancouver - City of Vancouver, Burnaby, and New Westminster
Metro Vancouver - Southwest including Richmond and Delta
Metro Vancouver - Southeast including Surrey and Langley
Metro Vancouver - Northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
Fraser Valley - West including Abbotsford

When: This evening.

Remarks:
Another strong low pressure system is heading towards the South Coast. As the low moves inland, strong southeasterly winds 70 km/h gusting to 90 will develop early this evening, then ease Sunday morning.

Winds will shift to strong and gusty southwesterly direction overnight then persist through Sunday morning in the wake of the low.

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Local utility outages are possible. Damage to roofs, fences, branches or soft shelters is possible. There is a risk of injury due to flying or falling debris.

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

Coordinates49.3699, -122.7194
RegionMetro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
Location Precisionpolygon
Issuing AuthorityCanada — ca-msc-xx
Cap UrgencyFuture
Cap CertaintyLikely
Cap Expires2026-11-08T08:32:44-00:00

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Severity as published by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services).

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