Grab the umbrella and your best slicker.
Vancouver's forecast is calling for a healthy deluge of rainfall and colder temperatures this weekend, including around 20 mm by Sunday, March 16.
V.I.A.'s Weatherhood predicts a 99 and 82 per cent chance of showers on Saturday and Sunday respectively, coupled with steady winds of around 10 km/h heading west.
These conditions may be the case for downtown, False Creek, Granville Island and Mount Pleasant, as well as eastern communities like Trout Lake, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise.
Temperatures could reach as high as 7 C and a low of 4 C in the city.
However, the mercury may climb a little higher out by UBC and in parts of South Vancouver at nearly 10 C.
Extreme weather shelters still open
With temperatures still on the colder side and potentially dropping at any moment, Vancouver has continued its extreme weather shelter program.
Seven facilities (see list below) re-opened for vulnerable residents on Wednesday.
Tonight is the third and final evening of the latest activation. It's not yet known if the city is planning to extend the shelters
According to the city, criteria to activate extreme weather shelters include temperatures at or below 0 C or "feels like" 0 C with wind chill, or when rainfall of at least 50 mm accumulates in a 24-hour period.
Directions Youth Services Centre
- 1138 Burrard St.
- Hours of operation: 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.
- Will provide overnight accommodation to 10 individuals (ages 13-24, all genders served)
Aboriginal Front Door
- 390 Main St.
- Hours of operation: 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Entrance at 205 East Hastings St.
- Will provide overnight accommodation to 34 individuals (ages 19 and older; couples welcome)
The Salvation Army Belkin House
- 555 Homer St.
- Hours of operation: 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Will provide overnight accommodation to 25 individuals (ages 19 and older)
- 18 men and seven (7) women
OPS Overnight EWR Shelter
- 141 E Hastings St.
- Hours of operation: 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Access via front entrance
- Will provide overnight accommodation to 20 individuals (ages 19 and older)
Commercial-Hastings EWR
- 1726 E Hastings St.
- Hours of operation: 8:30 p.m. to 7:15 a.m.
- Site entrance is through the front gate
- Will provide overnight accommodation to 15 individuals (ages 19 and older)
Kiwassa Neighbourhood House EWR Shelter
- 2425 Oxford St.
- Hours of operation: 8:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
- Site entrance is on the right side of the building (East facing)
- Dinner, breakfast, and snacks served.
- Will provide overnight accommodation to 20 individuals (ages 19 and older)
Marpole Neighbourhood House EWR Shelter
- 8585 Hudson St.
- Hours of operation: 9:30 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Site entrance is through courtyard door (South facing)
- Will provide overnight accommodation to 30 individuals (ages 19 and older)
For more information, you can visit the City of Vancouver website.
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