River Forecast Centre to issue flood watches and high streamflow advisories across the province's coast.
The addition of snowmelt to potentially heavy rain this weekend and midweek next week has prompted the B.C. That extra moisture could come from melting snow as two more atmospheric rivers bring warm tropical air to the province over the coming days. "Any extra moisture runs down much more easily and much quicker." "The landscape is completely saturated," Castellan said. This summer's drought and wildfires - as well as changes on the ground caused by previous wildfire seasons - have exacerbated conditions, he added. Speaking to reporters in a technical briefing Friday, warning preparedness meteorologist Armel Castellan said some weather stations - including those in Victoria, Vancouver and Abbotsford - have recorded their wettest-ever fall seasons. The situation has prompted the weather agency to issue an unprecedented "red alert" for parts of the province already devastated by the previous storm.
An "extraordinary" amount of rain has fallen on British Columbia this fall, saturating the ground and making disasters like the one that struck the province earlier this month more likely, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.