Yellow Warning - Wind

Damaging winds are expected.

When: Now until late this afternoon.

Where: East Vancouver Island - Nanoose Bay to Campbell River, Sunshine Coast - Sechelt to Powell River.

Remarks: A low pressure system is pushing onto the B.C. coast. Strong southeasterly winds 70 gusting to 90 km/h have developed through the Strait of Georgia. The strong winds are expected to ease later this afternoon.

Another round of potentially impactful winds are expected to develop later Saturday afternoon.

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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.