Many people throughout Metro Vancouver got their first taste of winter overnight, with plenty posting videos to social media of the wet flurries that stuck in several areas including North Vancouver, Burnaby, Vancouver and Coquitlam.
Brad 604 posted photos of how much snow Coquitlam received on X, as well as X user Janet Brown, who posted video of the wet flakes falling in Surrey.
With a special weather statement still in effect for most of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, forecasters are saying a so-called "bomb cyclone" is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast today and overnight into Wednesday, with a 60 per cent chance of wet flurries still in the forecast.
Such systems are caused by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure at the centre of a storm, and with a "significant fall storm" set to impact the B.C. coast starting today, according to Environment Canada, residents can expect the wind to start picking up.
A rapidly deepening low-pressure system will arrive approximately 400 kilometres west of Vancouver Island by late this afternoon (Tuesday), when it is expected to then curl northwards on Wednesday towards the Central Coast, remaining offshore through the period.
"Coastal areas will see southeasterly winds increase through the afternoon today, with peak wind speeds expected for most areas on tonight. Strong winds are likely to continue on Wednesday morning but should ease later in the day," the Environment Canada statement says.
The advisory notes the weather system may cause downed trees, travel delays and power outages, adding that peak winds are expected for most areas tonight, though the severe weather is likely to continue into Wednesday.
It also advises residents to secure loose outdoor objects, something BC Hydro noted is extremely important after an earlier November wind storm, when they posted on X about how one person's loose patio furniture cover caused a power outage for near;y 14,000 customers in White Rock alone.
鈥� with files from Canadian Press
