Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologists will now have the ability to issue weather forecasts and alerts for more detailed regions.
It is worth noting that when similar weather conditions are expected across the smaller regions, they will be grouped into the larger forecast region and have identical forecasts.
With the new smaller forecast regions, meteorologists will now be able to issue more targeted alerts. For example, instead of issuing a heavy rainfall warning for all of Metro Vancouver, we can now focus our warnings for specific sub regions such as the North Shore and Northeastern sections of Metro Vancouver.
The following six weather forecast regions have been subdivided into smaller regions:
Metro Vancouver
East Vancouver Island
Fraser Valley
Fraser Canyon
Sunshine Coast
North Coast – Inland
Previously, all municipalities within Metro Vancouver received the same weather forecasts and alerts. We now have the ability to provide more detailed forecasts and targeted alerts for the five following smaller regions:
City of Vancouver - including Burnaby and New Westminster
North Shore - including West Vancouver and North Vancouver
Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
Metro Vancouver - southwest including Richmond and Delta
Metro Vancouver - southeast including Surrey and Langley
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