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Yellow Warning - Wind

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Greater Victoria

Status In Progress Started 31 minutes ago
Ends
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Severity Moderate
Urgency Future
Certainty Likely

Details

Strong southeasterly winds are expected.
Where: Greater Victoria near Haro Strait, Southern Gulf Islands, Metro Vancouver - southwest near the water including Tsawwassen and Boundary Bay, and Metro Vancouver - southeast near the water including White Rock.
When: This morning through this afternoon.
Remarks: Ahead of a low pressure system, strong southeasterly winds will develop over the southern Strait of Georgia and Haro Strait this morning. Sustained winds near 70 km/h can be expected and will continue into the afternoon before weakening.
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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.

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