It’s going to be wet and soggy for people heading back to work and school Monday throughout the B.C. south coast.
Inland sections of Vancouver Island and the Sea-to-Sky region are also expected to see wet snow, with roughly two centimetres predicted.
Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for northern parts of Metro Vancouver, with between 60 and 90 mm of rain forecast through Tuesday morning.
The cold front moving into B.C. is expected to last into Monday, followed by another that will push in on Tuesday and will bring even heavier rain into Wednesday.
“Those will be the real soaker days,” Global BC meteorologist Yvonne Schalle said. “We’re looking at 40 to 50 millimetres between Tuesday and Wednesday.”
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning along the Sea-to-Sky Corridor, with Whistler and Squamish potentially seeing up to 25 centimetres by Tuesday.
Between five and 10 centimeters are expected by Monday, but the weather agency says the snowfall rate “will pick up significantly” later Monday, bringing an additional 15 centimetres.
Drivers throughout the B.C. coast are being warned to slow down and watch for challenging conditions with the rain and snow Sunday night and Monday morning.
Residents on the North Shore and parts of the Lower Mainland were starting to see high winds Sunday up to 70 kilometres per hour as the cold front moved in, despite no wind warnings being issued.
BC Hydro was reporting more than 5,000 customers in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam were without power Sunday afternoon, after a tree took down power lines.
Similar issues were reported in smaller numbers in Port Moody, Burnaby and Langley.
In total, 11,600 customers were without power across the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast by 2:30 p.m.
Power outages on southern Vancouver Island left more than 2,000 customers there in the dark by Sunday afternoon.
Up-to-date power outage information can be found here.
Meanwhile, a snowfall warning remains in place for the Coquihalla Highway.
The stretch between Hope and Merritt has already seen roughly 25 to 30 centimetres, but the weather agency says an additional 10 centimetres is expected by Sunday night, with up to 15 centimetres more on Monday.
The rest of B.C. has spent days under winter storm, snowfall, rain and wind warnings, with the weather knocking out power to thousands of customers across the province.
BC Hydro says 35 customers who lost power during a snowstorm in the Southern Interior on New Year’s Eve remain in the dark as of Sunday morning, but crews had all power restored by the afternoon.
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