Flood-hit areas of B.C. are getting no break from the relentless weather as three more storms sweep across the province.
Environment and Climate Change Canada's warning preparedness meteorologist Armel Castellan said one of the "parade of storms" is a typical fall rain event but the next two are atmospheric river events.
The first storm hit overnight into Wednesday, bringing 5 to 10 mm to the South Coast but it is Thursday's storm that has prompted a rainfall warning to be issued.
Castallan said, "It is an atmospheric river and it will be tapping into some subtropical moisture and heat."
He said it will bring freezing levels to 2500 metres meaning they "would be some snowmelt with this moisture."
According to the latest rainfall warning, 50 to 80 mm is expected across Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley, but, according to Castallan, potentially upwards of 100 millimetres in the North Shore Mountains around Howe Sound.
There will be a brief pause in the storms on Friday before another atmospheric river event sweeps into B.C. on Saturday.
Castallan said, "We are not looking at the same copious amounts that we saw two weeks ago but we are looking at a very strong signal through the weekend and into next week we continue to have active storms.
"I would just caution that we are dealing with very active weather for the foreseeable future."
In one of the flood-hit cities, some residents of Merritt are finally allowed to return to their homes providing they are self-sufficient, have groceries and boil all water before drinking it.
3 Storms Will Dump Even More Rain On BC's Flood-Hit Areas Over The Next 4 Days
Source: News Article Viral
0 Comments