Cannot complain about this view of the Province of British Columbia Legislature building as seen from the Fairmont Empress Hotel. A calm & crisp evening in the BC capital, #Victoria. #BritishColumbia #Legislature #Victoria #BCwx #BCstorm #YYJ #YYJwx #TheEmpress

I have an Affection for Convection, over the Strait of Juan de Fuca as a cold unstable airmass over the relatively warm waters of the strait & daytime heating allow low-topped cumulonimbi to form as they get pushed E in the Westerly flow toward the PSCZ. 4:41p PT #BCwx #BCstorm

This was 815 pm in Hope. Snow has tapered off considerably. Roads here are good.

It is official..a white Christmas here in Hope BC at Pop Shop Radio. @yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social

Vortmax 47N 126W. Oblong sfc low alg the OR cst; bth racing N. Rain w/brisk NW wind cst #YVR, brisk outflow Vly this AM. In the low's wake a Sly surge of wind dvlps in Puget Sound: may impact srn sxns metro Van+ Vly S of the Fraser this PM. Dry Xmas AM. Rain PM to❄️ ovnite. A stg cold fnt Bxng Day🍃

#YVR undr a weakly unstbl SW flow E of an upr trof N-S along 137W. Shwrs AM dryish PM. Outflow dvlps Wed as a low tracks up the PNW cst and increases Thu w/the nxt low on a similar path. Sig mdl difs still. Shwrs Wed. Xmas AM dry w/some 🌞. Chc shwrs late PM. Chc flurries esp vly Fri w/a cold fnt

Yellow Warning for Wind issued for SE / SW sections of Metro Vancouver for winds 70 gusting to 90km/h late this afternoon. Winds 40-70 likely elsewhere. Power outages probable. #BCwx #BCstorm #BCstormwatch

Today marks the first day of astronomical winter in Vancouver BC ❄️🌎 🌑 Winter solstice: 7:03AM PST: shortest day & longest night of the year. Fun daylight quirk 👀 • Earliest sunset was Dec 8 ~4:13P • Latest sunrise is Jan 3–5 ~8:05A Winter is officially here! ❄️ Vid: NOAA/CIRA #BCstorm #BCwx

Stop! Zen Moment! Ain’t nothing like the sound of the waves and the views on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast! Beach at Roberts Creek Provincial Park - 1:30p Pt #ShareYourWeather #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCwx

Hi from Port Mellon BC on the W side of Howe Sound, home of one of the rainiest obs stns on the SW BC mainland. A result of its unique #microclimate nestled in a narrow crescent shaped lowland w/ the high peaks of the Pacific Ranges to the NW! #BCstorm #BCStormWatch #BCwx @ensembleator.bsky.social

Deepening sfc low at the W edge of the baroclinic leaf 45N 131W lifts ovr the Valley this PM. Rain hvy at times #YVR w/stg SE wind tdy bcmg stg SW wind w/a cold fnt PM. Rain ends abruptly. Bcmg cool ovnite. Vrbl skies Fri-Sat w/chc shwr or ❄️. Best chc ❄️hier elevs+Vly. Shwrs, slightly warmer Sun.

After a dry, mild Nov & a very wet first half of Dec w/ freezing levels well above most of our local mtns, snow levels have finally dropped w/ snow accumulation likely to be measured in feet or metres the next week over places like @mtseymour.bsky.social! 🙌🏻❄️🏂🎿 #BCStorm #BCsnow #BCstormwatch

A cold fnt + a trailing upr trof making it interesting ovnite🍃. #YVR undr a brisk, unstbl WNW flow aloft tdy. Skies vrbl and winds abate this AM. Dvlpg wv 38N 151 W lifts NE to ovr the LM Thu PM. Rain this eve-Thu PM. Vry windy Thu PM. Hvy ❄️mtns. Unsettled Fri-Sat w/low snow lvls. Chc flurries City

While BC Hydro crews continue their cleanup, local homeowners in the BC Lower Mainland, inclg my friends, await their insurance adjuster as a large tree fell on their house overnight. Thankful they were unharmed. H/T 📸: Anita & Kristina #BCStorm #BCwind #BCwx #PortCoquitlam

No sooner did I post this and the Flood Watch for the SW BC mainland has been CANCELLED as of 11AM | 17 Dec 2025

Lower Mainland River Update! 17 Dec ‘25 11a Flood Warning for the Coquitlam R has been CANCELLED. Flood Watch remains in effect for SW BC rivers. Flood Warning remains in effect for the Sumas/Chilliwack Rivers. For more: bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca Vid: Coq R this AM, calm after the storm! #BCfloods

Tree limbs down on hydro worse. Lots of wires hanging and on the ground. Road closed. 28 Aldergrove. BC Hydro will be awhile to fix this one as it’s only 3,200 customers.

With over 85,000 BC Hydro Customers still without power as of 8:10am, here's a link with some more info about how our crews prioritize power outage restoration after a windstorm: www.bchydro.com/safety-outag... #BCStorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx #BCwind

Fallen Hemlock tree taking down @bchydro power lines in downtown Vancouver w/ police on scene— over 140 outages w/ 105,500+ customers affected in just the Lower Mainland, & Sunshine Coast alone. Remember to stay 10m+ away from downed lines. 420a #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCWind #YvrWx #BCwx

A look on radar at that secondary front barreling through the BC Lower Mainland with another bout of very gusty winds and wind driven rain. Temps continue to drop as denser, colder air moves in. CASAG - Super-Res Reflectivity 1 03:59 #BCStorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx #BCwind

A second front coming through the Lower Mainland with another round of winds gusting to 80km/h and heavy rain. Temps now down to 4°C and occasionally “chunky rain” in downtown Vancouver — 3:55a PT #BCSTORM #BCSTORMWATCH #BCWX #BCWIND #YVRWX

At 1am we were around 20k @bchydro.bsky.social customers without power… At 2:41am we are at just under 83000 customers without power on the Lower Mainland and S Vancouver Island. Winds are easing but this will take time for crews to fix! #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwind #BCwx #PowerOutage

Just under 20000 @BChydro customers without power at 1am | 17 December 2025 | Let’s see how that looks in an hour or two! #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwind #BCwx

Wind shift, now gusting to 75 km/h at YVR! Winds were ESE at 10 km/h at YVR at 12AM, now W gusting to 75km/h at 12:38AM — the vigorous cold front now making its way across the Lower Mainland #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCWX #BCWind

Front incoming… Heavy rain and gusty winds to start affecting western sections of Metro Vancouver before 1am | 17 December 2025 #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwind #BCwx

Meteorological Radar Eye-Candy: the Westerly Surge down the #JuanDeFuca Strait. CWQK - Race Rocks BC from little wind to winds gusting to 100km/h at 12a PT | 17 Dec 2025 KATX - Super-Res Reflectivity 1 00:12 Super-Res Storm Relative Velocity 1 00:12 #wawx #BCStorm #BCstormwatch #BCwind

It’s subtle unless you know what to look for, but here comes the cold front (blue arrows)… Another bout of mod to heavy rain likely w/ its passage between near 12a to ~3a from W to E across the Lower Mainland. Winds haven’t mixed to the surface at most Island location. #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx

nothing too serious, but the rain was heavy enough for long enough to cause water to pool at the west end of Edgar Avenue in Coquitlam. My rain gauge recorded 2.8mm of rain from 18:59-19:01! Was a very wet walk down Lougheed Highway

Heavy rain moving out of Metro Vancouver- the Tri-Cities hardest hit with the Coquitlam River under a Flood Warning & local streams running very high. For local info, check w/ your respective city’s social media for updates. CASAG - 22:05 #BCStorm #BCwx #BCstormwatch #BCflood #BCfloods

! FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR COQUITLAM RIVER ! 16 Dec 2025 @ 20:35 PT, the #Coquitlam River at #PortCoquitlam has reached 152cms flow (2-5-yr return period) and is rising rapidly and may exceed bankfull conditions this evening and overnight. #BCwx #BCstorm #BCflood #BCstormwatch #BCfloods

In case you're interested: Discharge measured at gauge Coquitlam River at Port Coquitlam has exceeded 140 cubic metres per second (cms). River levels are rising and may exceed bankfull conditions. Coquitlam Dam release is currently 52 cms and will be maintained.

Tragic news out of #Chilliwack as it was announced that during Monday’s wind event, a mother of two died while walking her children after being struck by a falling tree. My thoughts go out to the kids/family. :( #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwind #BCwx #BCnews theprogress.com/2025/12/15/b...

While getting a much needed break & some sun, the rain comes back overnight becoming at times heavy w/ Yellow Warnings for Rainfall issued for the Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver NE/North Shore, and Howe Sound w/ another 50-70mm xpected overnight into Tue. #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCwx

Post Atmospheric River #SkyDrama— while the best instability just missed us by going to our north, it left us w/ some dramatic skies and a beautiful sunset in Metro #Vancouver Tri-City area! #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCWX #SweetCloudAction #PortCoquitlam @cloudappsoc.bsky.social #Sunset #StormHour

Over 40000 @bchydro customers without power as winds gust as high as 80km/h over parts of the #BC Lower Mainland this afternoon as the system that brought heavy rain overnight and record high temps to the area moves SE into the US. #BCwind #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx

🌡15.7°C in Vancouver YVR, new monthly record high! It's an historic day for British Columbia with dozens of monthly records broken (highest max and highest min). H/T Thierry Goose: Full summary later this evening. #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCWX #YVRWX

LMD Temperatures at 1pm | 15 December 2025 Mild temperatures across the Lower Mainland w/ values in most places in the low teens (the values shown in red). #PittMeadows at 14.9C/59F the warm spot in the region. Data map courtesy Canadian Mesonet Portal #BCStorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx

#Coquitlam River at Kingsway in Port Coquitlam has definitely risen as it’s now at the same level as the pedestrian path. Flowing very swiftly yet still within its banks but don’t be fooled, just because it isn’t raging those currents are strong. 940a #BCwx #BCstorm #BCflood #PortCoquitlam

A swollen Seymour River under a Flood Warning — heavy rains and melting alpine snow causing rivers to rise rapidly today taking debris with them. Flood Watches and Warnings scattered across Southwest BC this Monday morning. #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCFlood #BCFloods #BCWX

If heavy rain, flooding, the risk of landslides weren’t enough…the risk of funnel clouds, perhaps a tornado or waterspout aren’t out of the question either in the Lwr Mainland. If a spin happens over floodwaters, is it a tornado or a waterspout? 😜 #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx

Flood Update from City of Abbotsford: Mayor Siemens joined Kelly Greene, BC Min of Emergency Mgmt & Climate Readiness and Lana Popham, BC Min of Agriculture & Food for an update on the flood situation. Full News Conference via YouTube: youtu.be/H7W6Ox-CXWo #BCstorm #BCfloods

Video of the flooding of the Sumas Prairie area of Abbotsford as seen from N Parallel Rd near Whatcom Rd as the Sumas River and the Nooksack River in Washington state inundates the region. H/T 🎥: Stacey D | 9 am PT | 12 Dec 2026 #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCFloods #BCFlood #BCwx

View of a swollen Vedder River under #BChwy1 between Lickman and Yale Road at 1pm, 11 December 2025. Thankfully it looks to remain behind its dykes but the large logs and debris indicative of the high water levels and power of the current. H/T: Christine C #BCstorm #BCFloods

No rain today in Hope BC, but we have had in excess of 150 mm in the past 2 days. Here is the raging angry Coquihalla River looking south from the bridge at Golf Course Road. @yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social

There is no getting to the BC interior tonight - All CLOSED: #BCHwy1: #YaleBC to #Lytton & EB betw/ #BridalFalls / #BCHwy9 & #HopeBC #BCHwy3: #CrowsnestHwy Hope to #PrincetonBC
 #BCHwy5: #Coquihalla Hwy #HopeBC to #MerrittBC #BCHwy7: #LougheedHwy betw/ Hope & #Agassiz #BCwx #BCstorm #BCflood

From DriveBC⛔️ #BCHwy1 - Eastbound is CLOSED between #BridalFalls / #BCHwy9 and #HopeBC due to flooding. A travel advisory has been issued for all travel in the #FraserValley. ⚠️There is no eastbound access from the Lower Mainland to #HopeBC at this time. #BCHwy7 remains closed between Hope #Agassiz

The #Skagit River which originates in the BC Cascades has now reached Major Flood Stage at the monitoring station near Concrete #WA… The river still expected to rise another 12-13ft over the next several hours! If you are in the area, please check with local officials! #WAwx

With the Atmospheric River bringing heavy rainfall and increased flooding risks across parts BC, please make sure you’re getting your information from trusted, official sources. See the attached image on best places to stay updated: #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx #BCfloods

Coquitlam River at Pt Coquitlam well within its banks this AM however more significant rises being seen on the Sumas, Chilliwack, and Skagit Rivers where a Flood Watch remains in effect. Keep alert to changing weather conditions today & have a way to receive alerts! Alertable.ca a good one! #BCstorm

Hvy rain returns tonight thru Wed as an Atmospheric River moves back N. Yellow & Orange Rainfall Warnings in effect w/ 40–110mm expected. Rising freezing levels + snowmelt may cause high streamflows & local flooding w/ advisory. Flood Watch for E FV. #BCStorm #BCStormWatch #BCwx