Happy Halloween! Wednesday night rain

It’s going to be a perfect halloween evening for kids to get out and find that candy! 🙂

The clear (if not foggy) and cold conditions will end on Wednesday night as a frontal system moves onto Vancouver Island.

A map of the coast of southern Vancouver Island shows clear for all land areas but a large mass of green and blue offshore indicating rain. — Rain approaches the coast on Wednesday in the 2-5PM hours

Expect rain to begin around 5PM on the West Coast and 8PM further inland.

We should be into heavy rain before midnight that will extend through the night.

A map of the coast of southern Vancouver Island shows most areas in blue for heavy rain. — 8PM-11PM image shows heavy rain in this three hour period for all areas of Vancouver Island.

Rain should taper off to showers by sunrise on Thursday morning.

A map of the coast of southern Vancouver Island shows mostly clear of precipitation but pockets of green showers — 5AM-8AM picture showing scattered showers over the Island as the main system has moved inland.

Showers will linger throughout the day on Thursday for most areas but it should stay relatively warm with temperatures hovering around 6-9ºC. It might be windy after the showers move through on Thursday as well.

A couple days break – then rain Saturday and continuing

We’ll get a couple days of break between storms, before a similar front moves onto the Island on Saturday evening followed quickly by another front on Sunday evening.

A map of the coast of southern Vancouver Island shows a band of precipitation across the Pacific Northwest coast — 2-5PM Saturday precipitation picture shows rain across the coast.

Expect rain to begin late Saturday morning or early afternoon, followed by a break on Sunday morning, and then another bout of rain Sunday evening. Showers and likely blustery conditions look like they will continue on Monday and Tuesday

Strong storm next Wednesday

Take this with a grain of salt as it’s at the end of the forecast model, but there is an interesting storm suggested on Wednesday that could bring 100kph+ winds to areas offshore of the North Island.