Trio of powerful storms barreling toward Nanaimo area, says forecaster
NANAIMO — An Environment Canada meteorologist warns that a series of three intense storms which includes the outer bands of a typhoon are about to pound the south coast.
Armel Castellan says back-to-back storms scheduled to hit overnight Wednesday and then again on Thursday afternoon are slated to bring heavy rain and wind to mid-Vancouver Island amounting to an expected 100 mm of precipitation by Saturday.
“I hesitate to use historic because we don’t generally forecast records, but in this case we’re seeing something that is a remnants of a typhoon,” said Castellan. “Adding to that Wednesday night and Thursday evening double-barreled low pressure system is something of concern and we’re paying particular attention to it.”
Castellan says some areas could get 200 mm of rain or more. At this point the remnants of Typhoon Songda should arrive locally by midday Saturday, according to Castellan