The weather has already been acting up along BC coasts and other places.

[quote]B.C. storm knocks out power on south coast
Updated Wed. Nov. 15 2006 12:15 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

A powerful wind and rain storm has knocked out power to thousands of customers living on British Columbia's south coast.

B.C. Hydro reported that electricity was cut off just before daybreak on Wednesday to about 8,000 customers in Sechelt, Whistler, Bowen Island and Quadra Island.

Wind and rainfall warnings were posted early in the day for most of the B.C. Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

"It's two storm systems that are hammering into each other at the same time that's bringing a lot of this precipitation. The worst of it apparently is going to be on Vancouver Island in places like Tofino ... (which) could get as much as 140 millimetres of rain," CTV's Todd Battis reported from Vancouver.

"Here in Greater Vancouver in the Lower Mainland we are expecting somewhere in the area of 70 to 90 millimetres of rain -- the worst of is going to be North Vancouver."

Environment Canada reported that southeast winds of up to 90 kilometres an hour are sweeping through coastal sections of the province.

The weather agency also reported that an intense frontal system over the eastern pacific will continue to intensify and hit the south and central coast, spreading heavy rain and strong winds.

Rainfall of 40 to 50 millimetres is expected to drench North Vancouver Island, while amounts of up to 110 millimetres are forecast for Howe Sound and West Vancouver Island.

Environment Canada warns that the heaviest rain for East Vancouver Island will be concentrated in the area between Parksville and Comox, which is expected to be soaked with up to 90 millimetres of rain by Wednesday evening.

The heavy precipitation and strong winds are forecasted to ease by the evening when the frontal system moves inland.

Meanwhile, wind gusts forced B.C. Ferries to cancel or delay sailings on major routes connecting the B.C. Mainland to Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

Harbour Air has also cancelled flights from Vancouver to Victoria and Nanaimo, although West Coast Air has kept its flights between Vancouver and Victoria. Helijet service across Georgia Strait is not affected.

The River Forecast Centre has said river levels are expected to rise, with local flooding possible on Vancouver Island's Cowichan River.

The centre warned that melting snow and rainfall will likely cause rivers to rise rapidly by late Wednesday.

However, the Chilliwack River in the eastern Fraser Valley and streams on Vancouver's North Shore are not expected to reach flood stage.

In the Fraser Valley, concerned residents are already taking precautions by sandbagging along creeks and rivers.

"The concern is not only the amount of rain that's going to fall but warm weather that could melt any snow that's on the mountains," Battis said.

"If you bring lots of moisture, combine it with warm temperatures, you get the snow melting in the mountains, which of course runs off into those creeks and rivers and compounds the problem," he said.

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