People living along the central coast, most of coastal Vancouver Island, the southern Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast should expect strong winds and potential power outages today.
Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for those regions, advising that gusts of up to 110 kilometres per hour are possible over the central coast before weakening this afternoon.
Gusts in other regions aren't expected to climb above 90 to 100 kilometres per hour but the weather office says the storm — especially over Victoria, the Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast — won't ease until tonight.
The system is expected to sweep eastward overnight, lowering the freezing level and bringing another dump of snow to mountain passes, including the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt.
