On Air Raven Afternoons with Jon! New Country & Classic Hits Email Call: (250) 926-9200 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Listen Live Listen

Winter Storm Watch In Effect For East Vancouver Island

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM

By Jay Herrington

Environment Canada has issued a Winter Storm Watch for East Vancouver Island, including Courtenay to Campbell River, along with Southern Gulf Islands, Malahat Highway, and Greater Victoria.

There’s the potential for snowsqualls producing up to 20 cms of snow in some areas.

Two rounds of heavy snow are possible due to cold low and arctic outflow winds.

The first will occur near midday to late this afternoon as northwest and southeast winds collide over the Strait of Georgia.

Forecasters say these bands will have the opportunity to move onshore from near Comox to Mill Bay.

While the snow will become light further south, snowsqualls could persist between Qualicum Beach and Fanny Bay throughout the day.

The second round will come in the form of sea-effect snow beginning overnight tonight or tomorrow morning and lasting through to Tuesday night.

This second scenario will concentrate the heavy snow between Nanaimo and Victoria, as well as parts of the Southern Gulf Islands.

For details, visit Environment Canada.

More from Raven Country News

Events

Keeping Our Word

 

The word "éy7á7juuthem" means “Language of our People” and is the ancestral tongue of the Homalco, Tla’amin, Klahoose and K’ómoks First Nations, with dialectic differences in each community.

It is pronounced "eye-ya-jooth-hem."