Special Weather Statement Issued

(Locations listed below description)

Short-lived heat wave set to arrive the South Coast on father's day.

Risk: Temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above seasonal.

Locations: Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, Whistler, Sunshine Coast, southern Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island

timespan: Sunday and Monday.

Remarks: After a relatively cool start to the weekend, temperatures will be on the rise again on father's day. The current guidance indicates that the day time temperatures will peak in the low-thirties through Monday at locations away from the immediate Coast. The Ridge associated with this warm spell will start shifting inland on Tuesday, ushering the hot air into the interior.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to bcstorm@Canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.

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ISSUED:

• Courtenay to Campbell River
• Duncan to Nanaimo
• East Vancouver Island
• Fraser Valley
• Gibsons to Earls Cove
• Greater Victoria
• Howe Sound
• Inland Vancouver Island
• Metro Vancouver
• Nanoose Bay to Fanny Bay
• North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver
• Saltery Bay to Powell River
• Southern Gulf Islands
• Sunshine Coast
• Whistler
• central including the City of Vancouver Burnaby and New Westminster
• southwest including Richmond and Delta