Environment Canada says Metro Vancouver is in a short break before another round of rain arrives Friday afternoon, followed by more wet weather over the weekend.
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Vancouver is getting a brief lull from precipitation before another system moves in, according to Environment Canada.
“Metro Vancouver is having a little break right now,” said meteorologist Steve Boily. “We have another round of rain that is coming tomorrow (Friday) sometime in the afternoon.”
After the front passes, Boily said more wet weather is expected to affect Metro Vancouver on Saturday and Sunday.
Boily noted the Friday-to-weekend rainfall is not expected to match the intensity of the storm that brought rain earlier in the week, adding that for the Vancouver area, the two systems could bring about 20 to 30 millimetres of rain before the end of Sunday.
He also said there could be “more for next week” and that he hoped there would be intermittent breaks, though saturated ground and localized flooding could still be issues if the region does not dry out.
Despite the rain, Boily said unusually mild temperatures are expected to continue into the weekend, with daytime highs of about 13 C to 15 C through the end of the weekend.
Overnight lows, he said, are not expected to drop below 10 C until Monday night.
Boily attributed the warmer overnight temperatures to winds coming from south of Vancouver.
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