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WOCN18 CWVR 310047
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR THE B.C. TRAVELLERS ROUTES
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:47 P.M. PST THURSDAY 30 JANUARY 2025.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
SEA TO SKY - SQUAMISH TO WHISTLER
MALAHAT HIGHWAY - GOLDSTREAM TO MILL BAY.
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==DISCUSSION==
WINTERY CONDITIONS.
WHERE: VANCOUVER ISLAND (AMPERSAND) SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS, SUNSHINE
COAST, HOWE SOUND, WHISTLER, METRO VANCOUVER, FRASER VALLEY.
WHEN: NOW INTO NEXT WEEK.
REMARKS: A WINTERY MIX OF WEATHER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT
THE SOUTH COAST OF BC OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS THE BC COAST SPREADING STEADY
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. WITH LOW SNOW LEVELS, WET
SNOW IS LIKELY OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING NEAR
4 CM BY FRIDAY MORNING. ALL ELEVATIONS WILL SEE RAIN ON FRIDAY AS
SNOW LEVELS RISE SIGNIFICANTLY FRIDAY MORNING.
FRIDAY:
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AND MOST AREAS WILL SEE JUST RAIN THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. SOME REGIONS SUCH AS THE NORTH SHORE OF METRO VANCOUVER
COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
SOME AREAS SUCH AS EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THE SUNSHINE COAST MAY
SEE A QUICK BURST OF HEAVY SNOW WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO FRIDAY NIGHT RESULTING
IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AS THE WET GROUND FREEZES.
WEEKEND:
FLURRIES AND COLD TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND AS ARCTIC AIR INVADES
THE REGION AND AN UPPER LOW BRINGS THE MOISTURE. BE ADVISED FOR
SUDDEN REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY IN CONVECTIVE FLURRIES IF TRAVELLING
AROUND THE SOUTH COAST THIS WEEKEND. ACCUMULATIONS ARE UNCERTAIN AT
THIS TIME AS IT WILL DEPEND WHERE THE FLURRIES DEVELOP BUT
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS THIS WEEKEND. WARNINGS
WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.
NEXT WEEK:
VERY COLD AND DRY AIR IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTH COAST WITH OUTFLOW
CONDITIONS FROM AN ARCTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE
REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 8 DEGREES CELSIUS BELOW SEASONAL.
WATCH FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND FROM
NANAIMO TO THE SAANICH PENINSULA EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WEATHER IN THE MOUNTAINS CAN CHANGE SUDDENLY RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
ROAD CONDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.DRIVEBC.CA/.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
BCSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)BCSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
END/PSPC
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