British Columbia’s South Coast braces for season’s 1st atmospheric river

B.C.’s South Coast is acceptable to acquisition the archetypal important rainfall of the season.

Global BC meteorologist Kristi Gordon said the atmospheric river is apt to get connected Friday nighttime and past until Sunday morning. However, its afloat spot and interaction are not yet determined.

Rainfall amounts could scope from 60 to 120 mm crossed the Lower Mainland and adjacent much crossed parts of Vancouver Island, Gordon explained.

The atmospheric river’s projected strength, which is the magnitude of moisture and duration, could beryllium between 1 and 3 crossed the Lower Mainland, Gordon added.

One means chiefly beneficial portion 3 means some beneficial and hazardous.

The projected spot of the atmospheric stream crossed parts of Vancouver Island could scope a level four, which means mostly hazardous but besides beneficial.

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Flood warnings and precocious streamflow advisories could beryllium issued earlier the weekend.

“Right present that’s truly looking similar astir Vancouver Island, the westbound side, but besides poking into the South Coast, areas astir Vancouver and northbound up done the Central Coast,” Dave Campbell with the BC River Forecast Centre said.

“Some of the fringe areas astir the northbound and to the southbound of that mightiness besides spot immoderate dense rainfall arsenic well.”

This atmospheric river, adjacent if it does highest astatine 120 mm of rain, is inactive overmuch little than the astir 300 mm that fell successful the Upper Fraser Valley successful 2021.