Yellow Warning - Wind

Damaging winds are expected.

Strong southeasterly winds 90 km/h gusting to 110.

When: Now through this afternoon. Overnight tonight through Tuesday.

Where: Haida Gwaii and North Vancouver Island.

Additional information: A series of strong storms will bring periods of strong southeast winds in the next couple of days.

The first system is tracking towards the BC coast and strong southeasterly winds 90 gusting to 110 km/h will develop ahead of it early this morning. These winds will ease this afternoon.

Another low pressure system is following on its heels, and the winds will once again reach warning criteria overnight. Winds will ease somewhat Tuesday morning but yet another storm will bring strong southeasterly winds by Tuesday afternoon.

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Local utility outages are possible. Damage to roofs, fences, branches or soft shelters is 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.