FPCN11 CWVR 111155 FORECASTS FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. PDT WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. PDT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: MALAHAT: 366 METRES. WHISTLER: 658 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- METRO VANCOUVER - CENTRAL INCLUDING THE CITY OF VANCOUVER BURNABY AND NEW WESTMINSTER. TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN EXCEPT WET FLURRIES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 4 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND LIGHT EXCEPT SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H NEAR THE WATER LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 7 THIS EVENING THEN STEADY. THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR NOON. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE MORNING. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. METRO VANCOUVER - SOUTHWEST INCLUDING RICHMOND AND DELTA METRO VANCOUVER - SOUTHEAST INCLUDING SURREY AND LANGLEY. TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN. WIND LIGHT EXCEPT SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H NEAR THE WATER LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 9 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. METRO VANCOUVER - NORTHEAST INCLUDING COQUITLAM AND MAPLE RIDGE METRO VANCOUVER - NORTH SHORE INCLUDING WEST VANCOUVER AND NORTH VANCOUVER. TODAY..RAIN EXCEPT PERIODS OF WET SNOW OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 LATE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 8 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR NOON. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. GREATER VICTORIA. TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 60 GUSTING TO 90 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 10 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. FRASER VALLEY - WEST INCLUDING ABBOTSFORD. TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H THIS MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 8 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR NOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. FRASER VALLEY - CENTRAL INCLUDING CHILLIWACK. TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 LATE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 8 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON. WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. FRASER VALLEY - EAST INCLUDING HOPE. TODAY..WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO RAIN NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..RAIN. WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 INCREASING TO 70 GUSTING TO 100 LATE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 9 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. THURSDAY..SHOWERS. WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. HOWE SOUND. TODAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS MORNING THEN CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 MM. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN. AMOUNT 15 MM. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. LOW PLUS 2. THURSDAY..SHOWERS. AMOUNT 10 MM. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5 WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING TO PLUS 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. WHISTLER. TODAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING THIS MORNING EXCEPT SHOWERS NEAR PEMBERTON. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH ZERO EXCEPT PLUS 3 NEAR PEMBERTON. WIND CHILL MINUS 5 THIS MORNING. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW EXCEPT SHOWERS NEAR PEMBERTON THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 10 CM. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT. THURSDAY..FLURRIES. WET SNOW NEAR PEMBERTON IN THE AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING. HIGH ZERO EXCEPT PLUS 3 NEAR PEMBERTON. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. SUNSHINE COAST - GIBSONS TO EARLS COVE. TODAY..PERIODS OF WET SNOW OR RAIN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING. HIGH 6. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 4. THURSDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR NOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. SUNSHINE COAST - SALTERY BAY TO POWELL RIVER. TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3. THURSDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS. TODAY..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING THIS MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 GUSTING TO 50 NEAR NOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 60 GUSTING TO 90 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 8 THIS EVENING THEN FALLING. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND - DUNCAN TO NANAIMO. TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN. A FEW WET FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 4 CM INLAND. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 6. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 NEAR DUNCAN LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND - NANOOSE BAY TO FANNY BAY. TODAY..WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 3. THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND WEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND - COURTENAY TO CAMPBELL RIVER. TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING THEN 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO. THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND THEN TO 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. WEST VANCOUVER ISLAND. TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN. RAIN OR WET FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 20 MM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING THEN WEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 NEAR PORT RENFREW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 7. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 NEAR PORT RENFREW THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3. THURSDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. INLAND VANCOUVER ISLAND. TODAY..PERIODS OF WET SNOW OR RAIN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN NEAR NOON. SNOW OVER HIGHER TERRAIN THIS MORNING. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 10 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 5. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW OVER HIGHER TERRAIN BEFORE MORNING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 70 THIS EVENING THEN SOUTH 20 GUSTING TO 40 AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2. THURSDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. END