Tornado watch (?!) ends, but B.C. coast set to get hit by a powerful windstorm
A short-lived tornado watch has been lifted for Metro Vancouver and the North Shore, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be a lot of wind in the days ahead.
Environment Canada posted a tornado watch late Saturday afternoon only to rescind it shortly after. But a special weather statement says a powerful windstorm is expected starting Monday.
The wind warning covers much of Vancouver Island and coastal B.C., Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, and the wild weather is predicted for Monday overnight into Tuesday morning.
As a deep low-pressure system sweeps toward the northern tip of Vancouver Island, strong southeast winds of 50 to 70 kilometres an hour are expected over exposed coastal sections of western Vancouver Island, with the winds veering westward and increasing to 70 to 90 km/h.
