{"id":173134,"date":"2025-09-27T13:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173134\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T13:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:56:11","slug":"heavy-rain-to-drench-parts-of-vancouver-island-as-fall-settles-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173134\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain to drench parts of Vancouver Island as fall settles in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is making its presence felt across Vancouver Island, and it\u2019s coming in wet.<\/p>\n<p>An Environment Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/?center=49.17627247,-125.63929782&amp;zoom=8&amp;alertsublayers=wx,aq,cf,hwy,tsu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rainfall warning<\/a> is in effect for the northwest tip of Vancouver Island, where communities near Zeballos and Tahsis could see up to 100 millimetres of rain from this afternoon through Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The culprit is a strong Pacific storm tracking off Haida-Gwaii Islands which will bring steady downpours to the area for the better part of Friday before easing off early on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy rain accumulations could result in flash floods, pooling water on roads, and localized flooding in low-lying areas.<\/p>\n<p>People are urged to keep an eye out for washouts above rivers, creeks, and culverts.<\/p>\n<p>For those in Greater Victoria, the weekend sky is not as concerning, though the sunny streaks are fast fading.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly cloudy skies are expected today, with scattered showers possible at 30% reaching a high of 16\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow night will be mostly cloudy as well, with showers possible overnight up to 40%, dipping to 12\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday and Sunday bring in the classic fall days: mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers, and highs reaching up to 17\u00b0C on Saturday and 15\u00b0C on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight lows will hover around 11\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s a little seasonal milestone to note, tonight will mark the last 7 p.m. sunset of 2025. From here on, the days grow shorter and darker as we settle into the heart of autumn.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, not matter where you\u2019re located on Vancouver Island, grab your umbrella, put on the rain jacket, and start enjoying the fall weather to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fall is making its presence felt across Vancouver Island, and it\u2019s coming in wet. An Environment Canada rainfall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-173134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}