Hold onto your hats — literally.
A 'rapidly deepening weather system' is expected to bring strong winds to Metro Vancouver Monday night and into Tuesday, according to the nation's weather agency.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement Nov. 8 for Metro Vancouver, cautioning of the impending arrival of strong southeast winds of 50 km/h gusting to 70 followed by southwest winds of 40 km/h gusting to 60.
The special weather statement is in effect for the following Metro Vancouver municipalities:
- central including the City of Vancouver Burnaby and New Westminster
- North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver
- northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
- southeast including Surrey and Langley
- southwest including Richmond and Delta
Other regions in B.C. expected to be affected by the winds include the Howe Sound and inland Vancouver Island.
The weekend saw wild weather in the Lower Mainland, including a "water spout" event near YVR Airport and UBC that experts are working to determine if it was a tornado. However, Environment Canada meteorologist Bobby Sekhon told V.I.A. Sunday that conditions Monday and Tuesday will not be right for a tornado.
The forecast for the week features the chance of rain every single day; November is making good on its promise to be the wettest month of the year in Vancouver.
Monday's showers should ease in the morning and give way to cloudy conditions and a high of 9 C. Rain and wind will pick up again later tonight; both will carry on into Tuesday, though the wind speed will drop considerably.
