Â鶹ӰÊÓ

Skip to main content

Wind chill of -55, flood risk, 40 cm of snow: Weather warnings in place from coast to coast to coast

Share

On Friday, Environment Canada issued alerts for the country's west, east and northern coasts, expecting a mix of winter weather and storms.

In British Columbia, a wet system from the United States swept across Vancouver Island toward the mainland. Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for the northern parts of the province and rainfall warnings for the southern half.

The warnings issued Friday morning included that the Metro Vancouver area should expecting 10 to 20 millimetres of rain with the drizzle continuing into Saturday morning with total estimates around 50 millimetres by the end of the weekend.

Those warnings have since been called off, but advisories remained in place through the afternoon for the Sea to Sky area north of Vancouver.

The northern regions of Williston and Peace River, B.C., are expecting 10 to 15 centimetres of snow.

"Weather in the mountains can change suddenly resulting in hazardous driving conditions," .

The cold air from northern B.C. are under a freezing rain warning. Environment Canada says

Large portions of Eastern Canada are under winter storm and snowfall warnings as a separate system from the U.S. brings windy conditions to that part of the country.

In Ontario, snowfall warnings were to most of the Ottawa Valley, around Renfrew, Pembroke and Barry's Bay. A winter storm warning was issued for the nation's capital and the surrounding areas of Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Cornwall and Morrisburg.

Environment Canada predicts

The storm is expected to travel east Friday toward Quebec, where the Montreal area is expecting five to 15 centimetres of snow. both a freezing rain and winter storm warning on Friday.

As the storm picks up speed, Canada's Atlantic provinces are expecting a mix of precipitation over the weekend.

, with snow, freezing rain and ice pellets in the forecast. overnight Friday into Saturday.

"Winter storm warnings are issued when multiple types of severe winter weather are expected to occur together," Environment Canada says of the alerts.

Some regions are bracing for 20 to 40 centimetres of snow.

Rain is expected in Nova Scotia with totals in .

P.E.I. will see a mix of rainfall, .

The western portion of Newfoundland is expecting a winter storm with parts of the Port aux Basques channel seeing the potential of 120-km/h winds.

Canada's Prairie regions are not under weather warnings Friday.

Up north, Resolute, Nunavut, is also under a warning, this one for extreme cold. Temperatures are on Friday.

The average low in Resolute this time of year, without factoring in the .

Friday's forecast referred to the current condition in Resolute as "ice crystals."  

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

The British Columbia election campaign is set to officially start today, with Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin issuing the writ for the Oct. 19 vote.

A northern Ontario man is facing a $12,000 fine after illegally shooting a moose near the Batchawan River.

Unusual flippered feet are making their way into the Saint Lawrence River this weekend. Led by underwater explorer and filmmaker Nathalie Lasselin, volunteer divers are combing the riverbed near Beauharnois in Montérégie to remove hundreds of tires that have been polluting the aquatic environment for decades.

A sea lion swam free after a rescue team disentangled it near Vancouver Island earlier this week.

Local Spotlight

Cole Haas is more than just an avid fan of the F.W. Johnson Wildcats football team. He's a fixture on the sidelines, a source of encouragement, and a beloved member of the team.

Getting a photograph of a rainbow? Common. Getting a photo of a lightning strike? Rare. Getting a photo of both at the same time? Extremely rare, but it happened to a Manitoba photographer this week.

An anonymous business owner paid off the mortgage for a New Brunswick not-for-profit.

They say a dog is a man’s best friend. In the case of Darren Cropper, from Bonfield, Ont., his three-year-old Siberian husky and golden retriever mix named Bear literally saved his life.

A growing group of brides and wedding photographers from across the province say they have been taken for tens of thousands of dollars by a Barrie, Ont. wedding photographer.

Paleontologists from the Royal B.C. Museum have uncovered "a trove of extraordinary fossils" high in the mountains of northern B.C., the museum announced Thursday.

The search for a missing ancient 28-year-old chocolate donkey ended with a tragic discovery Wednesday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is celebrating an important milestone in the organization's history: 50 years since the first women joined the force.

It's been a whirlwind of joyful events for a northern Ontario couple who just welcomed a baby into their family and won the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot last month.