Vancouver Island bracing for snow and arctic air for the next week as Environment Canada issues special weather statements.
Just when you thought the worst of the weather was over, a cold Arctic outflow is ushering in snow and sub-zero temperatures to Vancouver Island.for Greater Victoria and east and inland sections of the Island, saying two to 10 centimetres of snow is expected to fall Tuesday night through Wednesday night.
At Emcon Services’ Shawnigan Lake works yard, trucks are already loaded with brine and salt, Division Manager Stewart Westwood told CHEK News Tuesday. Near Sooke, Monday night’s wind speeds lived up to since-rescinded warnings, with gusts of up to 106 kilometres an hour recorded at the Sheringham Point weather station.
Locals should also bundle up, as the weather forecast calls for temperatures to plunge below seasonal. Over the next few days,, while overnight temperatures will drop as low as -5C.
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