Atmospheric river to bring heavy rain, strong winds to Greater Victoria this week
Wind gusts could reach as high as 80 km/h.
Another special weather statement has been issued for Greater Victoria and east Vancouver Island.
According to Environment Canada, an atmospheric river is expected bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the south coast on Thursday night and Friday.
The weather agency says the rain is expected to develop Thursday afternoon and intensify into the night.
As much as 30 to 70 mm of rain is expected to fall while westerly wind speeds will hit 40-60 km/h gusting to 80 km/h in some areas such as Victoria on Friday afternoon.
Winds are expected to ease early Saturday morning.
Some precipitation could fall as wet snow over higher elevations, including over the Malahat.
Environment Canada says this atmospheric river is expected to be similar in strength to what we saw on Sunday, October 30th.
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