Storm is forecast for Sunday night and Monday morning.
Put away your sunglasses and clean out your gutters. The dry, hot summer is transitioning into fall, and a significant wind and rain storm is forecast for Sunday night and Monday morning.Residents of west and north Vancouver Island can expect winds of up to 90 kilometres an hour, and the inner south coast could see winds of 40 km/h and gusts up to 60 km/h.
While no records were broken, the weather station at Comox recorded its fourth warmest summer on record, with the Victoria airport reporting its fifth warmest year. While the forecast for precipitation is welcome, the B.C. Wildfire Service isn’t ready to call an end to the wildfire season. “We still have 83 active wildfires, with 42 of them listed as out of control in the coastal region,” said Donna MacPherson, a spokesperson with the Coastal Fire Centre, one of six regional fire centres in the province.
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