Yellow Warning - Rainfall

Heavy rain is expected.

Where: - Metro Vancouver - central including the City of Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster - Metro Vancouver - North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver - Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge - Metro Vancouver - southeast including Surrey and Langley - Fraser Valley - west including Abbotsford - Howe Sound

When: From early this evening to Tuesday afternoon.

Remarks: A robust frontal system will gradually move over the Lower Mainland tonight, with heavy rain beginning early this evening. Rainfall amounts of 50 to 80 mm are expected. This frontal system will also bring strong and gusty southeasterly winds overnight and Tuesday morning.

The heavy rain will ease Tuesday afternoon.

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Water will likely pool on roads and in low-lying areas. There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic. 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.