Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 5:47 p.m. PST Thursday 20 December 2018.
Discussion.
An intense low pressure system slammed into the B.C. coast today and
is making its way across the interior tonight. Strong winds affected
the coast causing numerous power outages and widespread damage.
The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment Canada.
1. Summary of winds on Vancouver Island (km/h):
Victoria Airport (YYJ) 89
Victoria Harbour 78
Esquimalt 94
Trial Island lighthouse 102
Saturna Island 102
Tofino 111
Lennard Island Lighthouse 144
Nanaimo 85
Comox 78
Herbert Island 104
2. Summary of winds on the B.C. mainland coast:
Vancouver (YVR) 87
Tsawwassen 98
Sandheads 128
Point Atkinson 81
Abbotsford (YXX) 101
Squamish 87
Pam Rocks 94
Powell River 80
Ivory Island lighthouse 85
3. Summary of rainfall amounts (mm) to 5 PM Dec 20th:
Port Mellon 60
Squamish 34
Bowser 70
4. Summary of snowfall amounts (cm) to 5 PM Dec 20th:
Whistler 23
Tatlayoko Lake 30
Ootsa Lake 10
Smithers 5
Burns Lake 5
5. Daily maximum temperature (degrees C) records set today:
Abbotsford (YXX)
New Record: 15.0
Old Record: 13.9 (1973)
Agassiz
New Record: 15.9
Old Record: 11.0 (2005)
Kamloops
New Record: 11.9
Old Record: 11.7 (1965)
Pitt Meadows
New Record: 14.1
Old Record: 13.7 (1994)
Vancouver
Tied Record: 12.3 (2005)
Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.
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Current watches & warnings: https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html
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