Special weather statement issued for Greater Victoria warning of high winds

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special weather statement alerting to high winds for Greater Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands.

Wind speeds are expected to hit 50 km/h gusting to 70 km/h throughout the day Saturday and into the evening period.

“Strong west to southwest winds are expected with gusts up to 70 km/h in the Juan de Fuca Strait until early this evening,” the weather agency said in a statement on its website.

The high winds are the result of a ” strong westerly through Juan de Fuca” that is developed Saturday morning behind a frontal system that passed across southern Vancouver Island overnight, the agency notes.

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