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A 'rapidly deepening weather system' will bring strong winds to Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Monday and Tuesday

Hold onto your hats - literally.
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It's going to be quite windy in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­starting the night of Monday, Nov. 8 and carrying on into Tuesday.

Hold onto your hats — literally.

A 'rapidly deepening weather system' is expected to bring strong winds to Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­municipalities:

  • central including the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Burnaby and New Westminster
  • North Shore including West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­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.

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The seven-day forecast for Vancouver, B.C. starting Nov. 8, 2021. Environment Canada

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.