Some winds gusting up to 50 to 60 km/h may accompany the heavy rain.
Metro Vancouverites are advised to wear rain gear over the weekend as an atmospheric river drenches the B.C. south coast.
Intense rain is expected to continue through Saturday. However, rainfall amounts may ease for about 12 hours starting overnight as the system "wobbles north," he adds.The department has issued a rainfall warning for Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, and the North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver. Rainfall amounts of 75 to 120 mm are expected until Sunday afternoon.
Fong adds that some wind may accompany the heavy rainfall, gusting up to 50 to 60 km/h on Saturday and Sunday.
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