Environment Canada weather

Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with up to 60 millimetres expected by Monday morning. A person rides their bicycle in the rain at Locarno Beach in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

Up to 60 millimetres expected to fall by Monday morning

 

The snow capped mountains are seen in the background as a ferry crosses Howe Sound outside of West Vancouver, B.C. Monday, May 14, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Snowfall and hazardous driving forecast for B.C. Interior highways

Environment Canada says snowfall can be expected through Wednesday morning

 

As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index – especially on smoky days. Traffic moves along Alberta Highway 63 as wildfire smoke hangs in air in Fort McMurray, Alta., Wednesday, May 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

How to check the Air Quality Health Index and assess your health risks

Environment Canada urging people to pay attention as wildfire season begins, bringing smoke with it

 

Multiple Facebook posts on Saturday morning (May 18) show snow falling on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt. (June Suyeon Kim/Facebook)

Small amount of snow continues to fall on Okanagan highways

Environment Canada’s special weather warning is still in effect for four highways

Multiple Facebook posts on Saturday morning (May 18) show snow falling on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt. (June Suyeon Kim/Facebook)
A fresh layer of snow has fallen on the Okanagan Connecter between Merritt and West Kelowna on Friday, May 17. (Sohan Chowdhury/Facebook)

Snow falls on Coquihalla, Okanagan Connector ahead of long weekend

Environment Canada expected 2-5 cm on snow on four B.C. highways

A fresh layer of snow has fallen on the Okanagan Connecter between Merritt and West Kelowna on Friday, May 17. (Sohan Chowdhury/Facebook)
With the continuing dry conditions come what BC Wildfire Service calls “holdover” wildfires. They’re fires that burn over winter, often underground, but can resurface during warm and dry temperatures. (Phil McLachlan – Western News)

Precipitation still at a deficit as B.C. nears 2024 wildfire season

90 ‘holdover’ wildfires from the 2023 season and still burning in the province

With the continuing dry conditions come what BC Wildfire Service calls “holdover” wildfires. They’re fires that burn over winter, often underground, but can resurface during warm and dry temperatures. (Phil McLachlan – Western News)
A daily maximum temperature record was broken in Vernon, Penticton and Summerland on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, which all broke 38-year-old records. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Okanagan weather breaks 38-year-old heat records, then slips into snow

Sunday’s temperatures in Penticton, Summerland and Vernon all broke records set in 1986

A daily maximum temperature record was broken in Vernon, Penticton and Summerland on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, which all broke 38-year-old records. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Snowdrops blooming in Chilliwack on Jan. 28, 2024. (Jennifer Feinberg/ The Chilliwack Progress)

Abbotsford Canada’s hot spot as temperature records topple across B.C.

Abbotsford International Airport reaches 18.2 C on Monday, breaking single-day record from 1960

Snowdrops blooming in Chilliwack on Jan. 28, 2024. (Jennifer Feinberg/ The Chilliwack Progress)
Environment Canada has downgraded a rainfall warning for parts of Metro Vancouver, but B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has added a flood watch for the Sumas area as a series of atmospheric rivers deluge the province’s South Coast. A person rides their bicycle in the rain at Locarno Beach in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Flood watch expanded as more atmospheric rivers head for B.C.’s south coast

Sumas Prairie now an area of concern as well, says B.C. River Forecast Centre

Environment Canada has downgraded a rainfall warning for parts of Metro Vancouver, but B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has added a flood watch for the Sumas area as a series of atmospheric rivers deluge the province’s South Coast. A person rides their bicycle in the rain at Locarno Beach in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
FILE — A man pauses while digging out snow from under a car stuck on a street in the aftermath of a snowstorm, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Snowfall warnings blanket B.C., with up to 20 cm expected

Additional risk of freezing rain along southern coast, says Environment Canada

FILE — A man pauses while digging out snow from under a car stuck on a street in the aftermath of a snowstorm, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Cold temperatures across the province sets in as a man reflected off the Queen Victoria statue takes a picture of the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Winter weather still gripping Canada, but some B.C. warnings being dropped

Province didn’t escape unscathed, with one hospital closing and another’s ER dropping to -6 C

Cold temperatures across the province sets in as a man reflected off the Queen Victoria statue takes a picture of the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
People watch as a car tries to drive down an icy hill in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Weather warnings for cold temperatures have been advised in B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Cold snap causes record-breaking hourly electricity demand, says BC Hydro

British Columbians consumed 11,300 megawatts in one hour Friday night

People watch as a car tries to drive down an icy hill in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Weather warnings for cold temperatures have been advised in B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Weather warnings cover much of Canada this weekend, from arctic outflows on British Columbia’s coast to extreme cold through the Prairies and storms through southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. A cyclist bikes across an icy hill in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Extreme cold persists in Prairies and B.C., as storms hit Eastern Canada

Conditions not expected to let up Sunday or Monday, says Environment Canada

Weather warnings cover much of Canada this weekend, from arctic outflows on British Columbia’s coast to extreme cold through the Prairies and storms through southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. A cyclist bikes across an icy hill in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Ice is forming over Williams Lake Jan. 11. (Angie Mindus photo)

Cariboo residents wake up to -48C windchill

Warming centre open in Williams Lake, as bitter cold expected to last until the weekend

Ice is forming over Williams Lake Jan. 11. (Angie Mindus photo)
<div>Environment Canada says inland sections of the central and south coasts of British Columbia should prepare for significant snowfall early this week. A person, lower right, walks a dog after an overnight and morning snowstorm, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>

Heavy snow expected for coastal B.C., Environment Canada warns

Inland areas to see significant snowfall, while coastal communities likely to get mix of snow and rain

<div>Environment Canada says inland sections of the central and south coasts of British Columbia should prepare for significant snowfall early this week. A person, lower right, walks a dog after an overnight and morning snowstorm, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
Environment Canada says a heavy rain storm it’s calling an atmospheric river is forecast to hit southern British Columbia Monday. Waves pound Ogden Point breakwater during the first major storm of the year in Victoria, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Atmospheric river to bring heavy rain to southern B.C.: Environment Canada

The storm, which is set to hit Monday, won’t be as powerful as in November 2021, forecasters say

Environment Canada says a heavy rain storm it’s calling an atmospheric river is forecast to hit southern British Columbia Monday. Waves pound Ogden Point breakwater during the first major storm of the year in Victoria, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Snow is seen on the Coquihalla Highway in this March 31, 2023 file photo from DriveBC. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall alert for the Okanagan Connector beginning on Monday afternoon (Oct. 23). (DriveBC)

First snowfall of the season to hit parts of B.C.

Up to 10 centimetres expected along mountain passes, Environment Canada says

Snow is seen on the Coquihalla Highway in this March 31, 2023 file photo from DriveBC. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall alert for the Okanagan Connector beginning on Monday afternoon (Oct. 23). (DriveBC)
A fallen tree lays on top a car parked on Nowell Street near Chilliwack Central Road on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 during a wind storm in Chilliwack. Another windstorm is forecast for B.C.’s South Coast beginning Sept. 24. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Power outages, rising rivers expected as storm heads for B.C.’s South Coast

First fall storm set to begin Sunday on Vancouver Island, Monday in Metro Vancouver

A fallen tree lays on top a car parked on Nowell Street near Chilliwack Central Road on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 during a wind storm in Chilliwack. Another windstorm is forecast for B.C.’s South Coast beginning Sept. 24. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Air quality advisory continues acrossr Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley, with red sun at dawn Aug. 21, 2023 in Chilliwack. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Air quality advisory for Lower Mainland to remain until weather shifts

‘Wildfire smoke can be harmful to everyone’s health even at low concentrations,’ says warning

Air quality advisory continues acrossr Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley, with red sun at dawn Aug. 21, 2023 in Chilliwack. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
A person cools off in Lynn Creek in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees over the weekend and into Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North

Temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees Celsius

A person cools off in Lynn Creek in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees over the weekend and into Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck