–Environment Canada Weather alert

Arctic air spreading onto the coast from the B.C. interior is producing strong winds across the Strait of Georgia and onto Greater Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands.

Strong northeasterly winds up to 70 km/h will increase once again this evening and persist into Wednesday morning.

Damage to buildings, such as to roof shingles and windows, may occur. High winds may toss loose objects or cause tree branches to break.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.tempetepacifique-pacificstorm.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports to #BCStorm.

Sooke specific details

According to WindTV, winds around Sooke will be gusting at about 30 km/h until later on Wednesday. According to the SPN Weather page, the temperature will be slowly warming up. Clear skies will persist until Thursday, and give way to clouds on Friday. Precipitation is expected over the weekend.

The next four days look like this:

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Visit the SPN Weather page for live-streamed updates.

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